monitor lizard

Significat (Anglès)

1. 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.
2. Also: the earless monitor lizard, Lanthanotus borneensis; the sole member of the family Lanthanotidae.

Conceptes

varà

Sinònims

varan

monitor

iguana

lizard

🦎

biawak

Varanus bengalesis

desert monitor

goanna

Traduccions

varan

Waran

varano

varaan

varano

Varanus niloticus

varano

ورل

varanus

lagarto monitor

Varanidae

اورال

varán

ورلان

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.