salipenter means A tegu lizard (genus Tupinambis), especially the gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin).
salipenter is pronounced /ˌsælɪˈpɛntə/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English [Term?].
noun
- A tegu lizard (genus Tupinambis), especially the gold tegu (Tupinambis teguixin).“A species of the polecat, and another of the fox, are destructive to the Indian's poultry; while the opossum, the guana, and salempenta, afford him a delicious morsel.”