Varan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Varan \Va"ran\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
     The monitor. See {Monitor}, 3.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  varan
       n : any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
           and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
           [syn: {monitor}, {monitor lizard}]