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varanids

varanids is the plural of varanid.

Meaning of varanid

Noun

varanid (plural varanids)

  1. Any lizard of the genus Varanus; a monitor lizard.
    • Although fossils of giant varanids had been known since the mid-1800s, the discovery that giant lizards were still among us, albeit on a few isolated islands in far-away Southeast Asia, was met with fascination and excitement.2017 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian

Questions about varanids

What is varanids the plural of?
Varanids is the plural of varanid.

Words near varanids in the dictionary

  1. Varanger Peninsula
  2. Varangian
  3. Varangians
  4. varanian
  5. varanid
  6. varanids
  7. varaniform
  8. varaniforms
  9. varanine
  10. varanines
  11. varanodontine

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