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

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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