Perentie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus.

    "Joshua stuck his tongue in and out like a lizard's and, twisting his fingers into claws, dug them crabwise into the sand to imitate the perenty’s walk."

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"Joshua stuck his tongue in and out like a lizard's and, twisting his fingers into claws, dug them crabwise into the sand to imitate the perenty’s walk."

Etymology

From Dieri pirrinthi (or other Karnic language).

Related phrases

monitor lizard

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