"desert monitor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: desert monitors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} desert monitor (plural desert monitors)
  1. A species of carnivorous monitor lizard, Varanus griseus, found throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. Hyponyms: Caspian monitor (taxonomic: Varanus griseus caspius), grey monitor (taxonomic: Varanus griseus griseus), Indian desert monitor (taxonomic: Varanus griseus koniecznyi)
    Sense id: en-desert_monitor-en-noun-s4Ddbns5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Lizards

Inflected forms

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