Kabaragoya
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kabaragoya is a noun meaning The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
Meaning
The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
Example Sentences
[…]I remember after-school cricket matches on Layard's Road and wickets knocked over by kabaragoyas;[…].
Cobras had nothing to fear from men; their most deadly enemy was the kabaragoya, of which two called our campus home.
The Chairman said that Kegalla raised the question of protecting the Kabaragoya from destruction and the Department of Agriculture took up the matter[…].
2012, Arcadius (Shelton A. Gunaratne), Village Life in the Forties: Memories of a Lankan Expatriate, page 150, A kabaragoya, scenting food, tried to drive away the crows, slashing at them with its tail.
Word Forms
- kabaragoyas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include varan, varanid, monitor, perentie, iguana, biscobra.
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