hardun

English

Etymology

From Arabic حرذون.

Noun

hardun (plural harduns)

1. Synonym of stellion (a kind of lizard)
   • 2013, Douglas M. Considine and Glenn D. Considine, Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia, page 60:

     Originally distributed from Arabia to western Turkey and on numerous islands of the Aegean Sea, more recently the hardun has been inadvertently transported to northern Greece, Corfu, and the vicinity of Alexandria (Egypt).