Gila monster

English

Etymology

From the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico, whose name may ultimately derive from a Yuma word meaning "running water which is salty".[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhiːlə ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhilə ˈmɑnstɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒnstə(ɹ)

Noun

Gila monster (plural Gila monsters)

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

Translations

References

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in Gila National Forest (archived)‎[1], United States Forest Service, 4 December 2003, archived from the original on 11 January 2006

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