Home › Words › W › worralworralworral means a monitor lizard of Egypt, either a Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or a desert monitor (Varanus griseus).EtymologyFrom Arabic وَرَل (waral, “monitor lizard”). Doublet of varan.nouna monitor lizard of Egypt, either a Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) or a desert monitor (Varanus griseus).e.g.“The Worral is a Sort of Lizard, which sometimes is thirty or forty Inches in Length, usually of a bright reddish Colour […]” — 1744, The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq.:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).