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ˈvaranid Zool.
[ad. mod.L. Varanid-æ, f. Varanus varan.]
= varanian n.
1896tr. Boas' Text Bk. Zool. 422 Allied [to the lizards] are the Varanids (Varanus), large, tropical, old-world forms with long bifid tongue.
Add:B. adj. = varanian a.
1959Austral. Museum Mag. Sept. 75/2 Another breeding habit peculiar to some varanid species..is that of burrowing into the centre of a termite mound. 1978Nature 17 Aug. 662/1 Prosauropods probably could feed tripodally—supporting their weight on the hindlimbs and stout tail, much as modern varanid lizards do when threatened. 1985D. Norman Illustr. Encycl. Dinosaurs 35/2 (caption) The varanid lizards of today (the monitor lizards) appear to be distant living relatives of the gigantic mosasaurs of the late Cretaceous seas. |