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Varan

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monitor lizardnounAny 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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monitor lizardnounAny 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.
varanidnounAny lizard of the genus Varanus; a monitor lizard.
varaninenoun(zoology) A monitor lizard; a member of the subfamily Varaninae.
savannah monitornounVaranus exanthematicus, a species of monitor lizard.
kabaragoyanounThe water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
water monitornounAn Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), a large lizard native to Southeast Asia.
lace monitornounA monitor lizard of species Varanus varius, native to Australia.
leguaannounAn iguana.
mycterosaurinenounAny monitor lizard-like synapsid of the varanopid subfamily Mycterosaurinae
biscobranoun(India) The Bengal monitor lizard.
bengal monitornounVaranus bengalensis, a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia.
sauvegardenoun(obsolete) A safeguard.
perentienounThe largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus.
komodo dragonnounAny 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.
iguananounA 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).
monstersauridnounAny varanoid lizard of the clade Monstersauria
varanodontinenounAny extinct lizard of the former family †Varanodontinae (now called Varanopidae)
safeguardnounSomething that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.

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