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单词 gila monster
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Gila monster


noun

a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.

Origin of Gila monster

1875–80, Americanism; after Gila

Words nearby Gila monster

gigue, GI Joe, Gijón, Gil, Gila, Gila monster, Gila woodpecker, gilbert, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gilbert and George, Gilbert and Sullivan
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Example sentences from the Web for Gila monster

  • The Gila-monster, tarantula, the scorpion and thelyphonus, scolopender and julus occur in some localities in the rainy season.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Gila monster

Gila monster
/ (ˈhiːlə) /

noun

a large venomous brightly coloured lizard, Heloderma suspectum, inhabiting deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico and feeding mostly on eggs and small mammals: family Helodermatidae

Word Origin for Gila monster

C19: after the Gila, a river in New Mexico and Arizona
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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