Varanus

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

  Varanus \Va*ra"nus\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Ar. uaran, uaral; cf. F.
     varan, from the Arabic.] (Zool.)
     A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It
     includes the monitors. See {Monitor}, 3.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Varanus
       n : type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae [syn: {genus
           Varanus}]