ミズオオトカゲ

noun

water monitor; common water monitor

Refers to the large lizard species Varanus salvator, native to South and Southeast Asia. In Japanese, it is typically written in katakana as ミズオオトカゲ.

• ミズオオトカゲは東とう南なんアジアに生せい息そくする大おお型がたのトカゲです。

  The water monitor is a large lizard that inhabits Southeast Asia.

• 動どう物ぶつ園えんでミズオオトカゲを見みた。

  I saw a water monitor at the zoo.