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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A very large lizard (
Varanaus salvator ) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called alsotwo-banded monitor , andkabaragoya . The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
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- noun A large
lizard native to Southeast Asia, with scientific name Varanus slavator.
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