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Worral

WORRAL

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Noun.
An animal of the lizard kind, about four feet long and eight inches broad, with a forked tongue. It feeds on flies, and is harmless. It is found in Egypt.

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worral

worral

English

Noun

worral (plural worrals)

  1. (obsolete) A very large Egyptian lizard with a forked tongue.
    • 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 []