noun
only known venomous lizards
• Syn: ↑family Helodermatidae
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauria, ↑suborder Sauria, ↑Lacertilia, ↑suborder Lacertilia
• Member Meronyms: ↑venomous lizard, ↑Heloderma, ↑genus Heloderma
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ)dərˈmad.əˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a small family of lizards having the dorsal scales replaced by rough tuberculated skin and including the American gila monsters and an obscure Bornean lizard
Useful english dictionary. 2012.