Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A popular variant of guana (an abbreviated form of iguana) in common use in Australia for any large lizard; specifically, the lace-lizard, Varanus varius. Also gohanna.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia.
Etymologies
- A respelling in Australia of guana. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words, Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X.) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“No worree bout teh ‘goanna ettin the kitteh….’goanna iz veg-a-tare-en.”
Crouching dragn sleepin kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Komodo Dragon (varanus komodoensis) The name goanna was given to Australian monitor lizards by the early European settlers.”
WN.com - Articles related to Global climate change causing decline in lizard species
“The name goanna was given to Australian monitor lizards by the early European settlers.”
WN.com - Articles related to Global climate change causing decline in lizard species
“S. IRWIN: It's a goanna, which is a big -- will actually grow to be the biggest lizard species in the world.”
“Though not venomous in the strict sense of the word, the 'goanna's bite generally causes a festering wound on account of the loathsome habits of the creature.”
“That of a wallaby is prized; of a "goanna" absolutely precious; while in respect of a crocodile, only a man who has leisure to be ill and is determined to doctor himself on the reckless principle of "blow the expense," could afford any such luxurious physic.”
“Adolphus climbed the tree, killed the "goanna" offhand, and threw it so that it fell close to Hamed, and”
“Wi goanna hab tu canclol yaw internal parspawt, aifinkso !”
2 kapchur da cheezburger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Yu goanna maik no munneez if yu eetz tehm awl, MMM !”
I be in teh dicshunary! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“If u sea fru ebbrytihng yew goanna wawk intu stuff !”
HEHEHEHEHE - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘goanna’.
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big lizards
caltetepon, heloderma, Gila monster, varanian, monitor lizard, Komodo dragon, dragon lizard, alligator, crocodile, caiman, iguana, mexican beaded li... and 22 more...
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Australian Fauna
endemic species of terra australis
phascogale, wombat, ornithoryncus, wambenger, tuan, potoroo, platypus, echidna, bilby, bandicoot, antechinus, numbat and 101 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1406 more...
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Australian Animals
rawr
wombat, bilby, kangaroo, platypus, dingo, wallaby, kiwi, bush baby, water rat, kingsnake, echidna, koala and 28 more...
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Australian Megafauna
Apparently, humans don't bear all the blame.
red kangaroo, eastern grey kang..., antilopine kangaroo, eastern wallaroo, common wombat, southern hairy-no..., dingo, emu, cassowary, goanna, carpet python, saltwater crocodile and 19 more...
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Cloudstreet
From Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. Expect lots of new-to-me words and/or just pleasing words encountered in this book, perhaps mostly Australian slang.
chiack, staggerjuice, thunderbox, patterson's curse, cactus, dreckly, compo, hayburner, mulie, carn, dag, grizzle and 34 more...
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Creatures Of My Town
Animals and birds I actually encounter physically or see up close around where I live in Australia.
whistling kite, green tree frog, gould's monitor, stick insect, fruit bat, topknot pigeon, scrub fowl, gecko, black kite, whimbrel, white-bellied cuc..., cane toad and 35 more...
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Australiana
quokka, wombat, numbat, bonzer, grouse, woop woop, not the full quid, zac, mate, koala, chunder, vegemite and 49 more...
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Lizards
skink, anole, iguana, basilisk, gecko, agama, sungazer, monitor, chuckwalla, zonure, chameleon, swift and 35 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for goanna.

knitandpurl Goanna brand history Apr 1, 2010
knitandpurl "Quick woke again and there was Wentworth's daughter, Lucy. She was rubbing his blistered skin with goanna oil."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 202 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition Apr 1, 2010
aujourdui australian lizard-thing Apr 25, 2008