monitor lizard
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- 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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