varanus

English Thesaurus

1. type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	monitor, monitor lizard, varan,
definition	:	any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family varanidae, varanidae,
definition	:	monitor lizards (noun.animal)