worrel

• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

worrel (plural worrels)

1. Obsolete form of worral (“monitor lizard”).
   • 1785, William Frederick Martyn, The Geographical Magazine; or, a New, Copious, Compleat, and Universal System of Geography, page 639:

     The rat, called ichneumon, which has been fabled to destroy the crocodile, by leaping down it's throat and gnawing through it's belly; the cameleon; and the worrel, which is said to be affected by music; all are natives of Egypt.