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Definition of Dragon lizard
1. Noun. The largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands.
Generic synonyms: Monitor, Monitor Lizard, Varan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragon Lizard
Literary usage of Dragon lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1830)
"Two species of dragon-lizard ore described by naturalists, but it is most probable
that the second is merely a variety of the first (D. ..."
2. Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side. No. 1-4 by Julia McNair Wright (1896)
"We think that dragons are fierce creatures, but this "flying-dragon" lizard lives
in trees and daintily feeds upon gay-colored insects, as pretty as itself. ..."
3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"Two species of dragon-lizard are described by naturalists, but it is most probable
that the second is merely a variety of the first (D. ..."
4. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1841)
"Two species of dragon-lizard are described by naturalists, but it is most probable
tliat the second is merely a variety of the first (D. vo/aiis), ..."
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