varann.
/ˈvarən/ Zoology.
A lizard belonging to the genus Varanus or family Varanidæ; a monitor or varanian.
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1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 131/1 The Heloderms have not the scales..with which they are covered surrounded by small squamous grains like the Varans.
1887 H. H. Howorth Mammoth & Flood 370 Allied to the living varans and lace~lizards of Australia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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