Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.

    Komodowaran

    комо́дский вара́нkomódskij varán

    the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands

Examples

3 sentences
  1. This is a komodo dragon.

  2. The Komodo dragon is the world's largest lizard.

  3. Adriano saw a Komodo dragon at the zoo.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
large monitor lizard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
large monitor lizard:

Origin

From Komodo (island) + dragon.

From Komodo (island) + dragon.

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Forms

plural: Komodo dragons
SingularKomodo dragon
PluralKomodo dragons

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Varanus komodoensis:dragon lizardgiant lizardKomodo lizard
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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