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varan
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Noun varan has 1 sense
- varan(n = noun.animal) monitor, monitor lizard - any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles; Array is a kind of lizard
is a member of genus varanus, varanus
has particulars: african monitor, varanus niloticus, dragon lizard, giant lizard, komodo dragon, komodo lizard, varanus komodoensis
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