water monitor

English

Noun

water monitor (plural water monitors)

1. An Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), a large lizard native to Southeast Asia.

Synonyms

• kabaragoya (Sri Lanka)

Derived terms

• Cuming's water monitor (Varanus cumingi)
• marbled water monitor (Varanus marmorata)
• Mertens's water monitor (Varanus mertensi)
• Mindanao water monitor (Varanus cumingi)
• Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli)
• Palawan water monitor (Varanus palawanensis)
• Philippine water monitor (Varanus cumingi)
• yellow-headed water monitor (Varanus cumingi)

Translations

large lizard native to Southeast Asia, Varanus slavator

• Navajo: tiníléítsoh naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí
• Russian: полоса́тый вара́н m (polosátyj varán), водяно́й вара́н m (vodjanój varán), кабараго́йя f (kabaragójja)
• Thai: เหี้ย (th) (hîia)

References

• water monitor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Varanus salvator on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Varanus salvator on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons