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Gila, gila|ˈhiːlə|
[The name of a river in New Mexico and Arizona.]
In full Gila (or gila) monster. A large venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, found in the southwestern United States.
1877H. C. Hodge Arizona 226 There is one variety [of saurian lizard], however, peculiar to Arizona..and locally known as the Gila monster. 1890Chamber's Jrnl. 8 Mar. 158/2 The Gila Monster..which lives in the valleys and sandy plains of Arizona and Sonora, is called by the native Mexicans Escupion, which means ‘Spitter’. 1902C. E. Mulford Bar-20 v. 60, I only had th' main show—Gilas, rattlers an' toads. 1930Times Educ. Suppl. 9 Aug. p. iv/2 The Zoo has bought six examples of the Arizona poisonous lizard known as the Gila monster. 1969A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles I. vi. 228 Others such as the Gila monster and many geckos and snakes are principally nocturnal. |