bungarra noun1 •(Australia) One of several species of large Australian monitor lizard, usually Varanus gouldii or Varanus panoptes.Our jam-tree, too, as Villiers knows, / Adds zest to boiled bungarra; / But p'r'aps he doesn't also know, / Though jam-trees in profusion grow, / We're also "Canning-Jarrah" — 1902 formsbungarras