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Meaning of WATER MONITOR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wa"ter mon"i*tor\ (Zo["o]l.)
A very large lizard ({Varanaus salvator}) native of India. It
frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It
becomes five or six feet long. Called also {two-banded
monitor}, and {kabaragoya}. The name is also applied to other
aquatic monitors.
 
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