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komodo
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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n. (alternative form of Komodo English)
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Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that compose the Republic of Indonesia. The island is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, which is named after the island. Komodo Island has a surface area of 390 square kilometres and a human population of over two thousand. The people of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed with Bugis from Sulawesi. The people are primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu congregations.
Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. In addition, the island is a popular destination for diving. Administratively, it is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province.
Komodo is a 1999 monster movie directed by Michael Lantieri.
Komodo may refer to:
- Komodo dragon, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo
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Komodo (island), in Indonesia
- Komodo National Park
- Komodo language, a language spoken there
- Komodo (comics), one of various characters in the Marvel Comics universe
- Komodo (film), a movie
- A character in the comic book series Nocturnals
- A chararacter in the television series The Secret Saturdays
- Komodo (Save a Soul), a recording by Mauro Picotto
- ActiveState Komodo, a computer text editor application
- Komodo (chess), a chess engine
- Pindad Komodo, an Indonesian 4×4 tactical vehicle
Komodo is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Komodo is a UCI chess engine developed by Don Dailey, Mark Lefler, and supported by chess author and evaluation expert, GM Larry Kaufman. Komodo is a commercial chess engine but older versions (8 and older) are free for non-commercial use. It is consistently ranked near the top of most major chess engine rating lists, along with Stockfish and Houdini.
"Komodo (Save a Soul)" is a song by Italian trance producer Mauro Picotto. It was released in July 2000 as the fourth single from his album, The Album. The song had a great success in many countries and reached the top 10 in Austria, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland.
It features samples from Deep Forest's Sweet Lullaby.
"Komodo (Hard Nights)" is a song by German dance band R.I.O., featuring vocals from Pop, R&B and Hip-Hop singer U-Jean. The song was released in Germany as a digital download on 27 September 2013. The song has charted in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The song was written by Gianfranco Bortolotti, Mauro Picotto, Andrea Remondini and Riccardo Ferri.
Usage examples of "komodo".
The aigialosaurs were large land lizards related to the modern monitors such as the Komodo dragon of Indonesia and the Nile monitor of Africa.
Komodo dragons, crocodiles, ostriches, baboons, capybaras, wild boars, leopards, manatees, ruminants in untold numbers.
There are today a few remaining large reptiles on Earth, the most striking of which is the Komodo dragon of Indonesia: cold-blooded, not very bright, but a predator exhibiting a chilling fixity of purpose.
Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orang-utans, wild boar—that’s the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.
If you took the city of Tokyo and turned it upside down and shook it, you’d be amazed at all the animals that would fall out: badgers, wolves, boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, ostriches, baboons, capybaras, wild boars, leopards, manatees, ruminants in untold numbers.
Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orang-utans, wild boar—that's the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.
If you took the city of Tokyo and turned it upside down and shook it, you'd be amazed at all the animals that would fall out: badgers, wolves, boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, ostriches, baboons, capybaras, wild boars, leopards, manatees, ruminants in untold numbers.
What he was looking at was the thing we are going to look for - the Komodo dragon lizard.
The first animal we went to look for, three years later, was the Komodo dragon lizard.
The very last piece of the goat slithered away into the lizard's maw where, bones, hooves, horns and all would now slowly be dissolved by the corrosive power of the enzymes that live in a Komodo dragon's digestive system.
The Komodo dragon, largest reptile in the world, is real enough and can be extremely dangerous, but since the beasts are apt to spend hours sitting still without so much as a twitch, I devised a specially bred strain of them for fighting purposes.
I changed, I would want to show off and do a Komodo dragon for you.
There, the forty-foot visage of the Reverend William Willard, looking like the offspring of Edwin Meese and a Komodo dragon, glared in displeasure.
The tough guy I knew years ago would have owned a psychotic pit bull or a Komodo dragon.
Adding to the general ferocity, their claws were retractable and the teeth were poisonous in the same way as a Komodo dragon’.