goanna

/goh-an-uh/US // goʊˈæn ə //UK // (ɡəʊˈænə) //

鹅娘,鹅卵石,鹅笼头,鹅笼草

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet.

He had nearly reached its mouth when a great greasy black goanna clambered up a sapling from under his feet and looked fightable.
He ran round to the other side of the hut, and there was a great black goanna in violent convulsions on the ground.
The monitor is popularly known as the goanna, a name derived from the iguana, an entirely different animal.