varanid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From scientific Latin Varanidae (family name).
Noun[edit]
varanid (plural varanids)
- Any lizard of the genus Varanus; a monitor lizard.
- 2017 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian[1]:
- Although fossils of giant varanids had been known since the mid-1800s, the discovery that giant lizards were still among us, albeit on a few isolated islands in far-away Southeast Asia, was met with fascination and excitement.