Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various monitor lizards of Australia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A popular variant of
guana (an abbreviated form ofiguana ) in common use in Australia for any large lizard; specifically, the lace-lizard, Varanus varius. Alsogohanna .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
monitor lizards native toAustralia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No worree bout teh ‘goanna ettin the kitteh….’goanna iz veg-a-tare-en.
Crouching dragn sleepin kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Komodo Dragon (varanus komodoensis) The name goanna was given to Australian monitor lizards by the early European settlers.
WN.com - Articles related to Global climate change causing decline in lizard species 2010
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The name goanna was given to Australian monitor lizards by the early European settlers.
WN.com - Articles related to Global climate change causing decline in lizard species 2010
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S. IRWIN: It's a goanna, which is a big -- will actually grow to be the biggest lizard species in the world.
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Though not venomous in the strict sense of the word, the 'goanna's bite generally causes a festering wound on account of the loathsome habits of the creature.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Frank Fox 1917
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That of a wallaby is prized; of a "goanna" absolutely precious; while in respect of a crocodile, only a man who has leisure to be ill and is determined to doctor himself on the reckless principle of "blow the expense," could afford any such luxurious physic.
My Tropic Isle 1887
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Adolphus climbed the tree, killed the "goanna" offhand, and threw it so that it fell close to Hamed, and
My Tropic Isle 1887
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Wi goanna hab tu canclol yaw internal parspawt, aifinkso !
2 kapchur da cheezburger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Yu goanna maik no munneez if yu eetz tehm awl, MMM !
I be in teh dicshunary! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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If u sea fru ebbrytihng yew goanna wawk intu stuff !
HEHEHEHEHE - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
aujourdui commented on the word goanna
australian lizard-thing
April 26, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word goanna
"Quick woke again and there was Wentworth's daughter, Lucy. She was rubbing his blistered skin with goanna oil."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 202 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition
April 1, 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word goanna
Goanna brand history
April 1, 2010