noun
lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
• Syn: ↑Mexican beaded lizard, ↑Heloderma horridum
• Hypernyms: ↑venomous lizard
• Member Holonyms: ↑Heloderma, ↑genus Heloderma
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a large, stout-bodied, venomous lizard, Heloderma horridum, inhabiting western Mexico, having black, beadlike scales with yellow to pinkish spots and splotches. Also called Mexican beaded lizard.
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beaded lizard,
a poisonous lizard of Mexico and Central America closely related to the Gila monster.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.