Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry
  • وَرَلٌ the ورل of the river; the monitor of the Nile; lacerta Nilotica
    : see ضَبٌّ: there are two species: وَرَلُ البَحْرِ the ورل of the river; the monitor of the Nile; lacerta Nilotica: (see Forskål, Descr. Animalium, p. 13:) and وَرَلُ الأَرْضِ the ورل of the land; the land monitor; lacerta scincus: vulg. pronounced وَرَن.

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