(S. African)a large African monitor lizard (南非)非洲巨蜥
Genus Varanus, family Varanidae: the water leguan or Nile monitor, and V. exanthematicus, which lives in burrows in savannah and semi-desert habitats 巨蜥属,巨蜥科: 水巨蜥(如尼罗河巨蜥,及洞居稀树草原的西非巨蜥)
语源
late 18th cent.: from Dutch, probably from French l'iguane 'the iguana'. The variant likkewaan is from Afrikaans