单词 | varanian |
释义 | varanian, n. and a. Zool.|vəˈreɪnɪən| [f. mod.L. Varan-us varan + -ian.] A. n. A lizard belonging to the family Varanidæ of scaled saurians; a monitor or varan.
1841Penny Cycl. XX. 460/2 The Varanians form a family of scaled Saurians, including the Monitors of the Old World. 1847T. R. Jones in Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 288/1 In the Geckos, Agamians, and Varanians, the base of the tooth is imbedded in a shallow socket. B. adj. Belonging to or characteristic of the varans or monitors.
1840Owen Odontogr. I. 263 The Varanian family of squamate Saurians..includes the Monitors of the old world. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 460/2 Allied in the form of the teeth to the typical Varanian Monitors. |

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