monitor lizard
monitor lizard noun: 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.
Noun
monitor lizard (plural monitor lizards)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- safeguard
- Also: the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis, the sole member of the family Lanthanotidae).
monitor lizard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
monitor lizard in Hindi
- lizard of the genus Varanus
- गोह goh, गोधा godhā
monitor lizard in Tamil
- lizard of the genus Varanus
- உடும்பு uṭumpu
monitor lizard in Marathi
- monitor lizard
- घोरपड ghorpaḍ
monitor lizard in Bengali
- lizard of the genus Varanus
- গুই সাপ gui śap, গুইসাপ guiśap, গোসাপ gōśap
More languagesFewer languages
- monitor lizard in Malayalam
- ഉടുമ്പ് uṭumpŭ
- monitor lizard in Punjabi
- ਗੋਹ goh
- monitor lizard in Gujarati
- ઘો gho
- monitor lizard in Sanskrit
- गोधा godhā
- monitor lizard in Assamese
- গুঁই gũi, গুঁই সাপ gũi xap
- monitor lizard in Tagalog
- bayawak
- monitor lizard in Arabic
- وَرَل waral
- monitor lizard in Malay
- biawak
- monitor lizard in Indonesian
- biawak
- monitor lizard in Persian
- بزمجه bozmajje, bozmaje
- monitor lizard in Thai
- เหี้ย hîia, กิ้งก่ามอนิเตอร์ gîng-gàa-mɔɔ-ní-dtəə
- monitor lizard in Vietnamese
- kì đà
- monitor lizard in Myanmar
- ဖွတ် hpwat
Synonyms of monitor lizard
Forms of monitor lizard
| plural | monitor lizards |
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Origin of monitor lizard
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.
Words formed from monitor lizard
Questions about monitor lizard
- What does monitor lizard mean?
- Monitor lizard means 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.
- What is monitor lizard in Hindi?
- Monitor lizard in Hindi is गोह (goh), गोधा (godhā). See Monitor lizard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monitor lizard?
- Monitor lizard is a noun.
- What is the plural of monitor lizard?
- The plural of monitor lizard is monitor lizards.
Words near monitor lizard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monitor lizard (page history and authors); घोरपड (Marathi) (page history and authors); ઘો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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