perentie

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English

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A perentie lizard
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Etymology

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From Dieri pirrinthi (or other Karnic language).[1]

Noun

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perentie (plural perenties)

  1. The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus. [from 20th c.]
    • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 153:
      Joshua stuck his tongue in and out like a lizard's and, twisting his fingers into claws, dug them crabwise into the sand to imitate the perenty’s walk.

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References

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  1. ^ 2011, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin →ISBN.

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