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Gila monster   /gˈilə mˈɑnstər/   Listen
Gila monster

noun
1.
Large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested.  Synonym: Heloderma suspectum.





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... of these that is fairly common in the United States and that is found in the deserts of the southwest. It is the largest lizard found there except the Gila Monster which will be described later. The body of the Chuckawalla is broad and the legs short. Its length averages about a foot. It lives mostly among the rocks of ...
— Pathfinder - or, The Missing Tenderfoot • Alan Douglas


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