goanna UK /ɡəʊ̯ˈæn.ə/US /ɡoʊ̯ˈæn.ə/ noun2 •Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia.Hello! There's a goanna; that's a good sized one; but nothing to the one that I tumbled over when I was coming from the Big River. — 1849 •(Australia, slang) A piano. formsgoannas