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Komodo dragon

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English

A Komodo dragon

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Komodo dragon

Etymology

From Komodo (island) + dragon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈdɹæɡən/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

Komodo dragon (plural Komodo dragons)

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), 科摩多巨蜥 (Kēmóduō jùxī), 科莫多龍／科莫多龙 (zh) (Kēmòduō lóng)
Czech: varan komodský m
Danish: komodovaran c
Dutch: komodovaraan (nl)
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 (pl) 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
Vietnamese: rồng Komodo (vi)

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