varanusn.
/ˈvarənəs/ = varan n. Cf. goanna n., iguana n. 2, monitor n. 10.
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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)
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varanus1934
1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. viii. 60 What should come scuttling across the track but a big varanus lizard.
1953 A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia vi. 99 A Varanus in fact, a type of lizard, but it had the appearance of a Rhinegold dragon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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