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Komodo|kəʊˈməʊdəʊ|
The name of an Indonesian island, used attrib. in Komodo dragon, monitor to designate a large monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, native to this island and neighbouring ones.
1927Daily Express 15 June 15 The curator of the reptiles..introduced me to her latest novelty, a Komodo dragon, seven feet long and as ugly as a bad dream. 1927Proc. Zool. Soc. 256 Lord Rothschild exhibited a mounted specimen of Varanus komodensis [sic], the so-called ‘Dragon’ of Komodo Island... The interesting feature of the Komodo Monitor, apart from its bulk, lies in its relationship. 1928Ibid. 1017 (title) On a living Komodo Dragon. 1941J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man viii. 184 The gorilla, the orang-utang, the Komodo dragon, and other creatures are on the margin of this category [of creatures kept from extinction only by rigorous protection]. 1969A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles II. xi. 468 The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) has been generally regarded as the largest existing lizard and reaches a length of at least 3 metres (10 ft.) and a weight of 163 kg. (360 lb.). It is found only on the small island of Komodo to the east of Java and on one or two neighbouring islands. 1973Nature 7 Sept. 52/1 There is evidence that the Komodo monitor can take prey as heavy as itself. |