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GENUS VARANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Varanus mean?
• GENUS VARANUS (noun)
The noun GENUS VARANUS has 1 sense:
1. type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae
Familiarity information: GENUS VARANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Varanus; Varanus
Hypernyms ("genus Varanus" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Varanus"):
monitor; monitor lizard; varan (any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles)
Holonyms ("genus Varanus" is a member of...):
family Varanidae; Varanidae (monitor lizards)
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