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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Varanus_niloticus_ornatus.jpg/250px-Varanus_niloticus_ornatus.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]àlégbà
- monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, also translated in modern times as alligator (however alligators are not endemic to Africa)
- Synonyms: agílíńtí, awọ̀n, awọ́nríwọ́n
Related terms
[edit]- àǹtà (“savannah monitor”)