perentie
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Etymology edit
From Dieri pirrinthi (or other Karnic language).[1]
Noun edit
perentie (plural perenties)
- The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus. [from 20th c.]
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 153:
- 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.
Translations edit
Varanus giganteus
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