Gila monster

gilamonster English thumb Etymology From the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico, whose name may ultimately derive from a en yum - word meaning "running water which is salty".http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/r3/gila/about/ Gila National Forest (archived) United States Forest Service 2003-12-04 2007-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20060111100317/http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/r3/gila/about/ January 11, 2006 Archived copy Pronunciation en /ˈhiːlə ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/ RP en /ˈhilə ˈmɑnstɚ/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Gila monster.wav US en ɒnstə(ɹ) Noun A venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum species, that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. en 1939 John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath 13 132 https://archive.org/details/bwb_S0-EDT-984/page/132/mode/1up?q=%22Gila+monsters%22 Ever see one a them Gila monsters take hold, mister? Grabs hold, an’ you chop him in two an’ his head hangs on. Translations Heloderma suspectum Catalan: ca monstre de Gila m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 美國毒蜥 Měiguó dúxī Dutch: nl gilamonster n, nl gilahagedis m Finnish: fi gilalisko French: fr monstre de Gila m German: de Gila-Krustenechse f Indonesian: id kadal hila Italian: it mostro di Gila Japanese: ja Korean: ko 아메리카독도마뱀 Navajo: nv tiníléí Portuguese: pt monstro-de-gila m, pt monstro de Gila m Russian: ru аризо́нский ядозу́б m, ru жилатье́ m Spanish: es monstruo de Gila m References Anagrams en aegilmnorst lenograstim en Anguimorph lizards