monitor lizard

English Thesaurus

1. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	lizard,
definition	:	relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	african monitor, varanus niloticus,
definition	:	destroys crocodile eggs (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	dragon lizard, giant lizard, komodo dragon, komodo lizard, varanus komodoensis,
definition	:	the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus varanus, varanus,
definition	:	type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae (noun.animal)