perentie

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noun

The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus.

OriginDieri pirrinthi →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

nounperentie (plural perenties)

plural perenties · alternative perenty

  1. The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus.First known use 20th c.

    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.

    1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 153

Origin

  1. Dieripirrinthi
  2. Englishperentie

From Dieri pirrinthi (or other Karnic language).

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Translations

Hungarian óriás varánusz
  • óriás varánuszVaranus giganteus
Polish waran wielki
  • waran wielkiVaranus giganteus
Russian гига́нтский вара́н, большо́й вара́н
  • гига́нтский вара́н (gigántskij varán)Varanus giganteus
  • большо́й вара́н (bolʹšój varán)Varanus giganteus
  • пере́нти (perénti)Varanus giganteus
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APA

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Chicago

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