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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Origin and Etymology of 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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