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Noun: varan
  1. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
    - monitor, monitor lizard

Derived forms: varans

Type of: lizard

Part of: genus Varanus, Varanus

Encyclopedia: Varan, Iran