1. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles; [syn: monitor, monitor lizard, varan]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
monitor lizard
n 1: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa
and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn:
monitor, monitor lizard, varan]