worral

English

Alternative forms

• worrel
• waral

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَل (waral, “monitor lizard”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Noun

worral (plural worrals)

1. (obsolete) a monitor lizard of Egypt, including both the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) and desert monitor (Varanus griseus).
   • 1744, The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq.:

     The Worral is a Sort of Lizard, which sometimes is thirty or forty Inches in Length, usually of a bright reddish Colour […]