Komodo dragon

基本解釋

Murphy, the Zoo’s Komodo dragon, sought shelter inside.
動(dòng)物園的科莫多巨蜥墨菲則躲了起來(lái)。
Komodo National Park was founded to protect the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, a possible cousin of dinosaurs.
科莫多國(guó)家公園是爲(wèi)了保護(hù)一種世界上最大的蜥蜴，極有可能是恐龍的表親的科莫多龍而建立的。
Komodo National Park is the last sanctuary for the endemic Komodo dragon, native only to Indonesia. Largest of all lizards, it can reach a fearsome ten feet (three meters) in length
科摩多國(guó)家公園是這種印度尼西亞獨(dú)有的科摩多龍最後的庇護(hù)所。它是所有蜥蜴中最大的，長(zhǎng)度能達(dá)三米。

The Komodo dragon, simply the biggest and fattest lizard on earth, is undisputed superstar of the park.
FORBES: On The Tail Of The Komodo Dragon In Indonesia
Eight feet tall and twenty-four feet long, the specimen had been mounted in a predatory running position, with its arms out and its jaws open, as if determined to eat Lot No. 49220—a cast Komodo dragon, crouching ten yards away, on blue velvet.
NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention
They came to cruise the remote spice islands in Indonesia, the dragon-dotted shores of Komodo, the scuba fantasyland of Raja Ampat, or simply to escape to Thailand and Burma.
FORBES: Magazine Article

a type of large lizard (= a small reptile that has a long body, four short legs, a long tail, and thick skin) found in some parts of Indonesia

the largest monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of Komodo and other East Indian islands: grows to a length of 3 m (about 10 ft) and a weight of 135 kilograms (about 300 lbs.)