gila monster

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Definition of gila monster in English Turkish dictionary

Gila canavarı

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Definition of gila monster in English English dictionary

a venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico

One of the only two species (both in the family Helodermatidae) of venomous lizards, named for the Gila River basin and found in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) grows to about 20 in. (50 cm) long, is stout-bodied with black and pink blotches or bands, and has beadlike scales. During warm weather, it feeds at night on small mammals, birds, and eggs and stores fat in the tail and abdomen for the winter. It is sluggish but has a strong bite. The venom (a neurotoxin) is conducted along grooves in the teeth from glands in the lower jaw. Bites are rarely fatal to humans. The other venomous species is the Mexican beaded lizard (H. horridum)

large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested

It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth

A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc

Related Terms

Gila monsters

plural form of Gila monster

Hyphenation

Gi·la mon·ster