Usually means: Genus of large monitor lizards.
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  1. Varanus, Varanus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Varanus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Varanus: Vocabulary.com
  4. Varanus: Wordnik
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  6. Varanus (Varanus), Varanus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Varanus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. varanus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Varanus: Rhymezone
  10. Varanus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. varanus: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Varanus)

noun:  Odatria, commonly known as dwarf monitors, consists of small monitor lizards found in Australia and Indonesia.
noun:  Hapturosaurus, sometimes known as the tree monitors, is a subgenus of lizards, consisting of slender-bodied arboreal monitor lizards mostly found in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
noun:  Polydaedalus, commonly referred as African monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.
noun:  Varanus, commonly known as true monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.
noun:  Philippinosaurus is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.
noun:  Empagusia is a subgenus of monitor lizards in South to Southeast Asia, which includes medium to large species.
noun:  Soterosaurus is a subgenus of monitor lizards commonly known as Southeast Asian water monitors.
noun:  Euprepiosaurus is a subgenus of monitor lizards found in the Malay Archipelago and northern Australia, which includes small to medium sized species.


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