monitor lizard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the obsolete taxa Monitor and Lacerta monitor now displaced by Varanus within the single-genus family Varanidae. The word Monitor is a calque of German Warner, which is a loanword from Arabic وَرَن (waran). The conflation of the two words was encouraged by the lizards' habit of standing on their hind legs and appearing to monitor their surroundings.
Meanings
- Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.
- Also: the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis, the sole member of the family Lanthanotidae).
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| monitor lizards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (82)
es varano (lizard of the genus Varanus) · xal мигүл (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ta உடும்பு (lizard of the genus Varanus) · mel alou (lizard of the genus Varanus) · cjs қомдат (lizard of the genus Varanus) · it varano (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ko 왕도마뱀 (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bg вара́н (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ml ഉടുമ്പ് (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sl varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · as গুঁই সাপ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sw kenge (lizard of the genus Varanus) · he כּוֹחַ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · hu varánusz (lizard of the genus Varanus) · yka pāhang (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sne biowak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · mk варан (lizard of the genus Varanus) · kk келес (lizard of the genus Varanus) · lv varāns (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sk varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · da varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · my ဖွတ် (lizard of the genus Varanus) · io varano (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ckb بزنمژە (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bcl guto (lizard of the genus Varanus) · th กิ้งก่ามอนิเตอร์ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ja 大蜥蜴 (lizard of the genus Varanus) · cs varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · su bayawak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bn গুই সাপ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pam tarebalak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ar وَرَل (lizard of the genus Varanus) · hi गोह (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sv varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pl waran (lizard of the genus Varanus) · af likkewaan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bn গুইসাপ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · mel kelibui (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ms biawak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · th เหี้ย (lizard of the genus Varanus) · lt varanas (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ro varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · de Waran (lizard of the genus Varanus) · el βαράνος (lizard of the genus Varanus) · fa بزمجه (lizard of the genus Varanus) · fi varaani (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pt monitor (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bdr paang (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sh варан (lizard of the genus Varanus) · hi गोधा (lizard of the genus Varanus) · mvv andaatan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pt lagarto-monitor (lizard of the genus Varanus) · tsg bibang (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bho गोह (lizard of the genus Varanus) · be вара́н (lizard of the genus Varanus) · et varaan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · af varaan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ga laghairt mhonatóra (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ca varà (lizard of the genus Varanus) · vi kì đà (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sa गोधा (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ota ورل (lizard of the genus Varanus) · eo varano (lizard of the genus Varanus) · cmn 巨蜥 (lizard of the genus Varanus) · luo ng'ech (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pt varano (lizard of the genus Varanus) · bn গোসাপ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · nl varaan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · hnn akdat (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pa ਗੋਹ (lizard of the genus Varanus) · fr goanna (lizard of the genus Varanus) · tr varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · uk вара́н (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ru вара́н (lizard of the genus Varanus) · ny gondwa (lizard of the genus Varanus) · pam timbabalak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · wo mbag mi (lizard of the genus Varanus) · sh varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · tl bayawak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · fr varan (lizard of the genus Varanus) · id biawak (lizard of the genus Varanus) · as গুঁই (lizard of the genus Varanus)