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Komodo dragon definition

Ko·modo dragon (kə mō′dō -)

a giant, flesh-eating monitor lizard (Varanus komodoensis) of SE Asian jungles: it is the largest living lizard, reaching a length of c. 3.5 m (11.5 ft)

Etymology: after Komodo Island, Indonesia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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