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worrel

worrel is the obsolete form of worral.

Meaning of worral

Noun

worral (plural worrals)

  1. (obsolete) a monitor lizard of Egypt, either a Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or a desert monitor (Varanus griseus).
    • The Worral is a Sort of Lizard, which sometimes is thirty or forty Inches in Length, usually of a bright reddish Colour […]1744, The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq.

Forms of worrel

pluralworrels

Words that rhyme with worrel

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Questions about worrel

What is worrel the obsolete form of?
Worrel is the obsolete form of worral.

Words near worrel in the dictionary

  1. worra
  2. worral
  3. Worrall
  4. Worralls
  5. worrals
  6. worrel
  7. Worrell
  8. worrels
  9. worret
  10. worreted
  11. worreting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worrel (page history and authors); worral (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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