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† worral Obs.
Also warral, waral, (woralla).
[a. Arab. waral.]
A monitor lizard; = varan.
1714Maundrell Journ. Aleppo Add. 3 Here is found a large Serpent which has legs and claws, called Woralla. 1738T. Shaw Trav. 429 Of the Lizard Kind, the Warral is of so docible a Nature, and appears withal to be so affected with Musick, that I have seen several of them keep exact Time and Motion with the Dervishes, in their circulatory Dances. 1743R. Pococke Descr. East I. 208 The Worral..is..four feet long,..has a forked tongue. 1744C. Thompson Trav. III. 326 The Worral is a Sort of Lizard, which sometimes is thirty or forty Inches in Length. |