Varanus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Arabic وَرَل (waral).
Proper noun[edit]
Varanus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Varanidae – monitor lizards.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Anguimorpha - order; Platynota - infraorder; Varanidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Varanus (Empagusia), Varanus (Euprepiosaurus), Varanus (Hapturosaurus) (tree monitors), Varanus (Odatria), Varanus (Papusaurus) (Papuan monitor), Varanus (Philippinosaurus), Varanus (Polydaedalus) (African monotors), Varanus (Psammosaurus) (desert monitors), Varanus (Solomonsaurus) (spiny-neck monitor), Varanus (Soterosaurus) (water monitors), Varanus (Varanus) - subgenera
- Varanus varius (lace monitor) - type species; Varanus exanthematicus (savannah monitor), Varanus griseus (desert monitor), Varanus komodoensis (Komodo dragon) - selected other species
References[edit]
Monitor lizard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Varanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Varanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
