Vocabulary

Varanidae (family of carnivorous monitor lizards)

black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii); Beccari's monitor

Dumeril's monitor (Varanus dumerilii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Southeast Asia)

Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia); common Indian monitor

yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens, species of asian carnivorous monitor lizard found in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh)

clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus, species of diurnal carnivorous monitor lizard native to South-East Asia)

black roughneck monitor lizard (Varanus rudicollis, carnivorous species found throughout Southeast Asia)

Louisiade tree monitor (Varanus bogerti, species of carnivorous monitor lizard)

blue-tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago); Kalabeck's monitor

mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from the Western Pacific); mangrove goanna; Western Pacific monitor lizard

peach throat monitor (Varanus jobiensis)

canopy goanna (Varanus keithhornei); blue-nosed goanna; Nesbit River monitor

blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei)

quince monitor (Varanus melinus); yellow-head monitor

emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus); green tree monitor

tricolored monitor (Varanus yuwonoi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Halmahera Island in North Maluku, Indonesia); Moluccan black-backed monitor

peacock monitor (Varanus auffenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the island of Roti in Indonesia); Auffenberg's monitor

stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)

Panthera (genus comprising the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard and snow leopard)

stripe-tailed Goanna (Varanus gilleni, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern and central Australia)

Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Glauert's monitor

King's goanna (Varanus kingorum, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Australia)

contortion

attempted extortion; extortion attempt

boom (e.g. in stock prices)

mouthpiece of a telephone

outstanding achievement; signal achievement

major leaguer; major league player

audio-visual classroom; audiovisual classroom

metal bat

cries of pain

hydraulic; hydrologic

sports bag

address book (email)

affluent; branch stream that flows into a main stream

common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia)

floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)

isaza goby (Gymnogobius isaza)

ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)

Neomysis awatschensis (shrimp)