🔄 Synonyms of "Varan"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| monitor lizardnoun | Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia. |
| monitornoun | (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| monitor lizardnoun | Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia. |
| monitornoun | (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer. |
| varanidnoun | Any lizard of the genus Varanus; a monitor lizard. |
| varaninenoun | (zoology) A monitor lizard; a member of the subfamily Varaninae. |
| savannah monitornoun | Varanus exanthematicus, a species of monitor lizard. |
| kabaragoyanoun | The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia. |
| water monitornoun | An Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), a large lizard native to Southeast Asia. |
| lace monitornoun | A monitor lizard of species Varanus varius, native to Australia. |
| leguaannoun | An iguana. |
| mycterosaurinenoun | Any monitor lizard-like synapsid of the varanopid subfamily Mycterosaurinae |
| biscobranoun | (India) The Bengal monitor lizard. |
| bengal monitornoun | Varanus bengalensis, a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia. |
| sauvegardenoun | (obsolete) A safeguard. |
| perentienoun | The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus. |
| komodo dragonnoun | Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva. |
| iguananoun | A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet. |
| worralnoun | (obsolete) a monitor lizard of Egypt, either a Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or a desert monitor (Varanus griseus). |
| monstersauridnoun | Any varanoid lizard of the clade Monstersauria |
| varanodontinenoun | Any extinct lizard of the former family †Varanodontinae (now called Varanopidae) |
| safeguardnoun | Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense. |
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