- monitor, monitor lizard, varan - any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
--1 is a kind of lizard
--1 is a member of Varanus, genus Varanus
--1 has particulars:African monitor, Varanus niloticus; Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, dragon lizard, giant lizard, Varanus komodoensis