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kabaragoya|kəbɑːrəˈgəʊjə| Also kabragoya. [Etym. unknown.] The watermonitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard found in south-eastern Asia.
1681R. Knox Ceylon i. vii. 30 There is a Creature here called Kobberaguion, resembling an Alligator. The biggest may be five or six foot long, speckled black and white. 1892C. F. G. Cumming Two Happy Years in Ceylon (ed. 4) II. xx. 176 A gigantic lizard, or rather iguana, of a greenish-grey colour, with yellow stripes and spots, called by the natives kabragoya, awoke from its midday sleep... The kabragoya is amphibious. 1960H. W. Parker tr. Mertens's World of Amphibians & Reptiles x. 181 In south-eastern Asia the large Kabara Goya (Varanus salvator), despite its timidity, prefers to be associated with man. |