Komodo dragon

Komodo dragon

English

A Komodo dragon

Etymology

From Komodo (island) + dragon

Noun

Komodo dragon (plural Komodo dragons)

1. Varanus komodoensis, an endangered species of monitor lizard native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.

Synonyms

• (Varanus komodoensis): dragon lizard, giant lizard, Komodo lizard

Translations

large monitor lizard

Catalan: dragó de Komodo m Chinese: Mandarin: 科莫多巨蜥 (Kēmòduō jùxī) Czech: varan komodský m Danish: komodovaran c Dutch: komodovaraan Estonian: Komodo varaan Finnish: komodonvaraani French: dragon de Komodo (fr) m, varan de Komodo m German: Komodowaran (de) m Hungarian: komodói varánusz Indonesian: komodo (id) Irish: dragan Chomódó m

Italian: drago di Komodo m Khmer: បង្កួយយក្ស (bɑŋkuəy yeak) Macedonian: ко́модски ва́ран m (kómodski váran) Malay: bengkatak, komodo Navajo: tiníléítsoh Polish: waran z Komodo m Portuguese: dragão-de-comodo (pt) m Russian: комо́дский вара́н m (komódskij varán) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: Komodski varan Spanish: dragón de Komodo (es) m Swedish: komodovaran (sv) c Turkish: Komodo ejderi