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FAMILY VARANIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Varanidae mean? 

FAMILY VARANIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY VARANIDAE has 1 sense:

1. monitor lizardsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY VARANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY VARANIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Monitor lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Varanidae; Varanidae

Hypernyms ("family Varanidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Varanidae"):

genus Varanus; Varanus (type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae)

Holonyms ("family Varanidae" is a member of...):

Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)


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