| 释义 |
varanus|ˈværənəs|
[mod.L. (B. Merrem Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum (1820) 58): see varan.]
= varan. Cf. goanna, iguana 2, monitor n. 5.
1934A. Russell Tramp-Royal in Wild Austral. viii. 60 What should come scuttling across the track but a big varanus lizard. 1953A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia vi. 99 A Varanus in fact, a type of lizard, but it had the appearance of a Rhinegold dragon. |