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Definition of gila monsters in English English dictionary: plural form of Gila monster
Gila monster: a venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico
Gila monster: 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)
gila monster: large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested
gila monster: It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth
gila monster: A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc

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