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VARANUS NILOTICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Varanus niloticus mean?
• VARANUS NILOTICUS (noun)
The noun VARANUS NILOTICUS has 1 sense:
1. destroys crocodile eggs
Familiarity information: VARANUS NILOTICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destroys crocodile eggs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
African monitor; Varanus niloticus
Hypernyms ("Varanus niloticus" is a kind of...):
monitor; monitor lizard; varan (any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles)
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