perentie

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English

A perentie lizard
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Etymology

From Dieri pirrinthi (or other Karnic language).[1]

Noun

perentie (plural perenties)

  1. The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus.
    • 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.

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References

  1. ^ 2011, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin →ISBN.

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