Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Varanidæ: synonymous with Monitor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See
monitor , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Varanidae — themonitor lizards .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae
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Examples
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Mico acarienaia and a blue reptile known as Varanus macraei .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Gray 2011
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The species, now known as Varanus bitatawa, is more robust than other Varanus lizards, and has unusually vibrant black and golden yellow scale coloration.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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The species, now known as Varanus bitatawa, is more robust than other Varanus lizards, and has unusually vibrant black and golden yellow scale coloration.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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The species, now known as Varanus bitatawa, is more robust than other Varanus lizards, and has unusually vibrant black and golden yellow scale coloration.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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The species, now known as Varanus bitatawa, is more robust than other Varanus lizards, and has unusually vibrant black and golden yellow scale coloration.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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The species, now known as Varanus bitatawa, is more robust than other Varanus lizards, and has unusually vibrant black and golden yellow scale coloration.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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The new species, Varanus lirungensis, is apparently related to the mangrove monitor, V. indicus.
New Monitor Lizard 2009
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The new species, Varanus lirungensis, is apparently related to the mangrove monitor, V. indicus.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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The lizard you resemble is “Varanus Bitatawa” or, Monitor Lizard.
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The herpetofauna includes black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis, African puff adder Bitis arietans, west African sand boa Eryx muelleri, sand viper Cerastes cerastes, desert monitor lizard Varanus griseus and various species of gecko.
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