varan

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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

varan, n. [F.].

The monitor. See Monitor, 3. [1913 Webster]

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