Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water goanna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter -goan-na
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water dragon (type of lizard).

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"The Nipper, who was ferreting under water like a woolly dog, suddenly yelled like a big man and jerked up a water-goanna, swinging it around his head until he could swing it against a tree."

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

water goannas (plural)

Questions

What does water goanna mean?: A water dragon (type of lizard).

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