Komodo lizard
- noun
- /kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈlɪzərd/
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lagarto de Komodo
- The Komodo lizard is the largest living lizard in the world.
Examples
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The Komodo lizard can grow up to three meters long and has a powerful bite.
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Scientists travel to the Indonesian islands to study the rare Komodo lizard.
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A Komodo lizard can detect its prey from several kilometers away using its keen sense of smell.
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Have you ever seen a Komodo lizard in the wild?
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A Komodo lizard can detect its prey from several kilometers away using its keen sense of smell.
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Scientists travel to the Indonesian islands to study the rare Komodo lizard.
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The Komodo lizard can grow up to three meters long and has a powerful bite.
Synonyms
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A very large lizard from Indonesian islands that is the largest in the world
A very large lizard that lives on some Indonesian islands, for example the Komodo dragon
A very large lizard from Indonesian islands, like the Komodo dragon
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Komodo + lizard
This is a straightforward place-name + noun compound: if a learner knows 'Komodo' as the proper name (or place) and 'lizard' as the animal, they can infer it denotes a lizard from Komodo. Such name-of-origin + animal formations are cross-linguistically common and compositionally transparent, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Komodo lizard may come from the name of Komodo, an island in Indonesia, and the word lizard tells you it is an animal. So the name gives the image of 'a very large lizard from that island', which is why it means 'a very large type of lizard' today.