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Webster 1913 Edition


Water monitor

Wa′ter mon′i-tor

.
(Zool.)
A very large lizard (
Varanaus salvator
) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also
two-banded monitor
, and
kabaragoya
. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.