Komodo dragon

A Komodo dragon

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Etymology

From Komodo (island) + dragon

Noun

Komodo dragon (plural Komodo dragons)

1. An endangered species of monitor lizard native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java. It is the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters. It is known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva; the resulting septicemia can kill so quickly that it was once suspected the lizard was venomous.

Scientific names

• Varanus komodoensis

Synonyms

• dragon lizard
• giant lizard
• Komodo lizard

Translations

large monitor lizard

Catalan: dragó de Komodo (ca) m. Croatian: Komodski varan (hr) Czech: varan komodský (cs) m. Danish: komodovaran (da) c. Dutch: komodovaraan (nl) Finnish: komodonvaraani (fi) French: dragon de Komodo m., varan de Komodo m. German: Komodowaran (de) m. Hungarian: komodói varánusz (hu)

Italian: drago di Komodo m. Macedonian: комодски варан (mk) (kómodski váran) m. Navajo: tiníléítsoh Polish: waran z Komodo m. Portuguese: dragão-de-comodo (pt) m. Russian: комодский варан (ru) (komódskij varán) m. Spanish: dragón de Komodo (es) m. Swedish: komodovaran (sv) c. Turkish: Komodo ejderi (tr)