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Varanus

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genus varanusnoun	type and sole extant genus of the varanidae

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Word	Definition
genus varanusnoun	type and sole extant genus of the varanidae
spnoun	Spanish (language)
quollnoun	Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.
cassowariesnoun	Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.
woollybuttnoun	(Australia) Any of several types of eucalyptus that have a woolly or stringy bark
lungfishnoun	An air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
barramundinoun	A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes, widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific; a popular food fish.
arapaimanoun	Any large, bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima, native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.
frogmouthnoun	Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae in the order Podargiformes, native to Australia and southern Asia
pademelonsnoun	Any wallaby of the genus Thylogale of small macropods.
lacertanoun	(astronomy) An inconspicuous autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lizard. It lies between the constellations of Cygnus and Andromeda.
tubewormnoun	Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
trepangnoun	Synonym of sea cucumber.
skinknoun	A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.
honeyeatersnoun	Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers.
bandicootsnoun	Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.
spiny anteaternoun	(zoology) An echidna.
wetarnoun	a tropical island which belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Maluku Barat Daya Islands (literally Southwest Islands) Regency of the Maluku Islands.
robustusnoun	—
isopodsnoun	Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace.