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FAMILY VARANIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Monitor lizards

Synonyms:

family Varanidae; Varanidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Varanidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Varanidae"):

genus Varanus; Varanus (type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae)

Holonyms ("family Varanidae" is a member of...):

Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)

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