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Definition of V Niloticus

V Niloticus
Monitor Mon"i*tor, n. [L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor.] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. You need not be a monitor to the king. --Bacon. 2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long. 4. [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.] An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns. 5. (Mach.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.

Meaning of V Niloticus from wikipedia

- The Nile monitor (Var**** niloticus) is a large member of the monitor family (Varanidae) found throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in...
- The West African Nile monitor (Var**** niloticus stellatus) is a subspecies of the Nile monitor that is native to West African forests and adjacent savannah...
- Nile monitor) and Var**** niloticus (Nile monitor). Consequently, Var**** ornatus is considered a synonym of Var**** niloticus and "ornate monitor" is an...
- V. niloticus species complex (V. niloticus, V. stellatus) Empagusia V. bengalensis species complex (V. bengalensis, V. nebulosus) Soterosaurus V. salvator...
- Crocodylus niloticus is derived from the Gr**** κρόκη, kroke ("pebble"), δρῖλος, drilos ("worm"), referring to its rough skin; and niloticus, meaning "from...
- the hand by Komodo dragons (V. komodensis), perenties (V. giganteus), lace monitors (V. varius), and spotted tree monitors (V. scalaris) have been observed...
- water monitor (V. mertensi) Mitc****'s water monitor (V. mitc****i) Nile monitor (V. niloticus) Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V. bitatawa) Pea****...
- with the common ancestor of Australian sand monitors (V. spenceri, V. gouldii, V. rosenbergi and V. panoptes). Fossils from across Queensland demonstrate...
- more closely related to some species of Var**** than others, so excluding V. priscus from Var**** renders the latter genus an unnatural grouping. Ralph...
- the V. bengalensis species complex. What was once the nominate subspecies, V. bengalensis, is found west of Myanmar, while the clouded monitor (V. nebulosus)...