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Megalania

noun
Mega·la·nia | \-ˈlānēə\

Definition of Megalania 

: a genus of extinct lizards related to but larger than the modern monitors and known from remains found in the Pleistocene of Queensland and the Asiatic Pliocene

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History and Etymology for Megalania

New Latin, from mega- + -lania (from Greek ēlainein to wander about + New Latin -ia); from the terrestrial nature of such lizards

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