Well attestedNamed from the place
Komodo dragon
noun · first attested 1920s
The largest lizard on earth was a rumor science did not check until 1910.
The largest living lizard, a giant monitor found on Komodo and a few neighboring Indonesian islands.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1920s
- Part of speech
- noun
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Komodo
- In English
Komodo dragon
Dutch colonial officials heard stories of a land crocodile on Komodo, and the animal was formally described in 1912 once specimens reached Java. Its entire range is a handful of islands in the Lesser Sundas, which is why one small island's name now covers the whole species.
Indonesia
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