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VARANIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Varanidae mean?
• VARANIDAE (noun)
The noun VARANIDAE has 1 sense:
1. monitor lizards
Familiarity information: VARANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Monitor lizards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Varanidae; Varanidae
Hypernyms ("Varanidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Varanidae"):
genus Varanus; Varanus (type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae)
Holonyms ("Varanidae" is a member of...):
Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)
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