Komodo dragon

English thumb|A Komodo dragon Etymology From Komodo (island) + dragon. Pronunciation en /kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈdɹæɡən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Komodo dragon.wav US Noun Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis species of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva. Synonyms Varanus komodoensis dragon lizard, giant lizard, Komodo lizard Translations large monitor lizard Catalan: ca dragó de Komodo m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 科莫多巨蜥 Kēmòduō jùxī, cmn 科摩多巨蜥 Kēmóduō jùxī, cmn 科莫多龍 Kēmòduō lóng Czech: cs varan komodský m Danish: da komodovaran c Dutch: nl komodovaraan Estonian: et Komodo varaan Finnish: fi komodonvaraani French: fr dragon de Komodo m, fr varan de Komodo m German: de Komodowaran m Hungarian: hu komodói varánusz Indonesian: id komodo, id biawak komodo Irish: ga dragan Chomódó m Italian: it drago di Komodo m Khmer: km បង្កួយយក្ស bɑŋkuəy yeak Macedonian: mk ко́модски ва́ран m Malay: ms bengkatak, ms komodo Navajo: nv tiníléítsoh Polish: pl waran z Komodo m Portuguese: pt dragão-de-comodo m Russian: ru комо́дский вара́н m Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Komodski varan Spanish: es dragón de Komodo m Swedish: sv komodovaran c Turkish: tr Komodo ejderi Vietnamese: vi rồng Komodo en Anguimorph lizards en terms derived from toponyms