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Definition of Genus Varanus
1. Noun. Type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Varanidae, Varanidae
Member holonyms: Monitor, Monitor Lizard, Varan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Varanus
Literary usage of Genus Varanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"... surface of the centra of the dorsal vertebras broad, flat, and devoid of carina.
No dermal scutes. Genus VARANUS ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"The Varanidae contain only one genus, Varanus, with nearly thirty species in
Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia, but not in Madagascar. Varanus. ..."
3. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"... the remains as those of a marine serpent-like reptile, and placed the genus
Mosasaurus among the lizards, in near relationship to the genus Varanus. ..."
4. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Ninetheenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"... the remains as those of a marine serpent-like reptile, and placed the genus
Mosasaurus among the lizards, in near relationship to the genus Varanus. ..."
5. Water Reptiles of the Past and Present by Samuel Wendell Williston (1914)
"... all belonging in the one genus Varanus, and all living in India, Africa, and
Australia. In size, some of the species of Varanus are the largest of all ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... and genus varanus (Merr.). They have an elongated head ; long, extensile,
bifid, fleshy tongue, enclosed in a sheath at the base ; no teeth on the ..."
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