ngarara

plural ngararas

1. New ZealandAmong the Maori, any of various real and mythological creatures of the lizard or crocodile type.

   Ngararas, the dragons of the medieval Maori, once spread general terror and desolation.

   1862, The Westminster Review, volume 77, page 314

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   Unu ngarara or ngarara burrows were frequently met with on the plains. […] The ngarara was darker in colour than the ruatara. They varied in size from two to three feet in length, and ten to twenty inches in girth; along the back from the nape of the neck to the tail was a serrated crest.

   1875, Transactions and Proceedings, volume 7, Royal Society of New Zealand, page 296