Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Varanus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Varanus \Va*ra"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Ar. waran, waral; cf. F.
varan, from the Arabic.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It
includes the monitors. See {Monitor}, 3.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Varanus
n : type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae [syn: {Varanus},
{genus Varanus}]
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