Associations to the word «Varanus»

Wiktionary

VARANUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Varanidae   — the monitor lizards.
VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Varanidae   — savannah monitor, of Africa.
VARANUS KOMODOENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Varanidae   — Komodo dragon.

Dictionary definition

VARANUS, noun. Type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats