varaniann.adj.
/vəˈreɪnɪən/ Zoology.
A. n.
A lizard belonging to the family Varanidæ of scaled saurians; a monitor or varan.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Varanidae or genus Varanus > member of (monitor)
guana1697
worrala1701
monitory lizard1790
monitor1802
goanna1831
safeguard1831
sauvegarde1840
varanian1841
varan1843
water lizard1865
monitor lizard1869
varanid1896
varanus1934
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 460/2 The Varanians form a family of scaled Saurians, including the Monitors of the Old World.
1848 T. R. Jones in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 288/1 In the Geckos, Agamians, and Varanians, the base of the tooth is imbedded in a shallow socket.
B. adj.
Belonging to or characteristic of the varans or monitors.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > belonging to Varanidae
varanian1841
monitorial1878
varanid1959
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 460/2 Allied in the form of the teeth to the typical Varanian Monitors.
1845 R. Owen Odontography I. 263 The Varanian family of squamate Saurians..includes the Monitors of the old world.
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