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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: safeguard
Antonyms: none provided
Also: the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis, the sole member of the family Lanthanotidae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monitor, varan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lizard
Narrower terms: African monitor, Varanus niloticus, Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, dragon lizard, giant lizard, Varanus komodoensis
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.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
varaan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Afrikaans:
likkewaan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Arabic:
وَرَل
(waral)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Assamese:
গুঁই
(gũi)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Assamese:
গুঁই সাপ
(gũi xap)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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West Coast Bajau:
paang
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Belarusian:
вара́н
(varán)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Bengali:
গুই সাপ
(gui śap)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Bengali:
গুইসাপ
(guiśap)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Bengali:
গোসাপ
(gōśap)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Bhojpuri:
गोह
(gōh)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Bau Bidayuh:
biowak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Central Bikol:
guto
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Bulgarian:
вара́н
(varán)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Burmese:
ဖွတ်
(hpwat)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Catalan:
varà
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Chichewa:
gondwa
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Chinese Mandarin:
巨蜥
(jùxī)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Czech:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Danish:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Dutch:
varaan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Esperanto:
varano
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Estonian:
varaan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Finnish:
varaani
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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French:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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French:
goanna
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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German:
Waran
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Greek:
βαράνος
(varános)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Hanunoo:
akdat
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Hebrew:
כּוֹחַ
(kóaẖ)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Hindi:
गोह
(goh)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Hindi:
गोधा
(godhā)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Hungarian:
varánusz
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Ido:
varano
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Indonesian:
biawak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Irish:
laghairt mhonatóra
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Italian:
varano
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Japanese:
大蜥蜴
(ōtokage)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Kalmyk:
мигүл
(migül)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Kapampangan:
timbabalak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Kapampangan:
tarebalak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Kazakh:
кесел
(kesel)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Korean:
왕도마뱀
(wangdomabaem)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Central Kurdish:
بزنمژ
(bizinmij)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Latvian:
varāns
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Lithuanian:
varanas
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Luo:
ng'ech
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Macedonian:
варан
(varan)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Malay:
biawak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Malayalam:
ഉടുമ്പ്
(uṭumpŭ)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Central Melanau:
kelibui
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Central Melanau:
alou
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Tagal Murut:
andaatan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Persian:
بزمجه
(bozmajje, bozmaje)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Polish:
waran
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Portuguese:
varano
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Portuguese:
lagarto-monitor
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Portuguese:
monitor
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Punjabi:
ਗੋਹ
(goh)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Romanian:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Russian:
вара́н
(varán)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Sanskrit:
गोधा
(godhā)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Serbo-Croatian:
варан
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Serbo-Croatian:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Shor:
қомдат
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Slovak:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Slovene:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Spanish:
varano
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Sundanese:
bayawak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Swahili:
kenge
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Swedish:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Tagalog:
bayawak
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Tamil:
உடும்பு
(uṭumpu)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Tausug:
bibang
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Thai:
เหี้ย
(hîia)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Thai:
กิ้งก่ามอนิเตอร์
(gîng-gàa-mɔɔ-ní-dtəə)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Turkish:
varan
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Ottoman Turkish:
ورل
(verel)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Ukrainian:
вара́н
(varán)
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Vietnamese:
kì đà
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Wolof:
mbag mi
— lizard of the genus Varanus
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Yakan:
pāhang
— lizard of the genus Varanus
