Komodo dragon

English

A Komodo dragon

Etymology

From Komodo (island) + dragon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈdɹæɡən/

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Noun

Komodo dragon (plural Komodo dragons)

1. Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.

Synonyms

• (Varanus komodoensis): dragon lizard, giant lizard, Komodo lizard

Translations

large monitor lizard

• Catalan: dragó de Komodo m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科莫多巨蜥 (Kēmòduō jùxī), 科摩多巨蜥 (Kēmóduō jùxī), 科莫多龍 / 科莫多龙 (zh) (Kēmòduō lóng)

• Czech: varan komodský m
• Danish: komodovaran c
• Dutch: komodovaraan (nl)
• Estonian: Komodo varaan
• Finnish: komodonvaraani
• French: dragon de Komodo (fr) m, varan de Komodo m
• German: Komodowaran (de) m
• Hungarian: komodói varánusz
• Indonesian: komodo (id), biawak komodo
• Irish: dragan Chomódó m
• Italian: drago di Komodo m
• Khmer: បង្កួយយក្ស (bɑŋkuəy yeak)
• Macedonian: ко́модски ва́ран m (kómodski váran)
• Malay: bengkatak, komodo
• Navajo: tiníléítsoh
• Polish: waran z Komodo (pl) m
• Portuguese: dragão-de-comodo (pt) m
• Russian: комо́дский вара́н m (komódskij varán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: Komodski varan

• Spanish: dragón de Komodo (es) m
• Swedish: komodovaran (sv) c
• Turkish: Komodo ejderi
• Vietnamese: rồng Komodo (vi)