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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VARANUS

Va *ra "nus, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Ar. waran, waral; cf. F. varan, from the Arabic. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.