varan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
varan
    n 1: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
         and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn:
         {monitor}, {monitor lizard}, {varan}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Varan \Va"ran\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
   The monitor. See {Monitor}, 3.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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