varan 
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles • Syn: monitor, monitor lizard • Hypernyms: lizard • Hyponyms: African monitor, Varanus niloticus, Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, dragon lizard, giant lizard, Varanus komodoensis • Member Holonyms: Varanus, genus Varanus
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