water goanna

noun

A water dragon (type of lizard).

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Meanings

nounwater goanna (plural water goannas)

plural water goannas

  1. AustraliaA water dragon (type of lizard).

    The Nipper, who was ferreting under water like a woolly dog, suddenly yelled like a big man and jerked up a water-goanna, swinging it around his head until he could swing it against a tree.

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 156
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