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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Water monitor

/wôt'-ẽr män'-ət-ẽr/ · Wa·ter mon·i·tor · IPA
01 A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six fee…
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    A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.(Zool.) Also: two-banded monitor, kabaragoya