Definition of Heloderma horridum

1. Noun. Lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Beaded Lizard, Mexican Beaded Lizard
Generic synonyms: Venomous Lizard
Group relationships: Genus Heloderma, Heloderma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heloderma Horridum

Helmholtz coil
Helmholtz coils
Helmholtz energy
Helmholtz free energy
Helmholtz function
Helmholtz resonator
Helmholtz theory of accommodation
Helmholtz theory of colour vision
Helmholtz theory of hearing
Helmholtzian
Helminthostachys
Helminthostachys zeylanica
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
Heloderma
Heloderma horridum (current term)
Heloderma suspectum
Helodermatidae
Heloise
Helotiaceae
Helotiales
Helotium
Helsingfors
Helsinki
Helsinkian
Helsinkians
Helvella acetabulum
Helvella crispa
Helvella esculenta
Helvella sulcata

Literary usage of Heloderma horridum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Venom of Heloderma by Leo Loeb (1913)
"The Heloderma horridum venom was not activated by either of these sera; its behavior ... We may conclude that the venom of Heloderma horridum and Heloderma ..."

2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"It has been likewise shown by the evidence of careful observers that the bite of the Heloderma horridum is fatal to small mammals and birds, ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1890)
"(An unpaged description, in Lut in, illustrated by an indifferently executed figure of Heloderma horridum, from an alcoholic specimen which had been brought ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... Mexico, and San Filipe, Lower California. Heloderma suspectum Cope. Heloderma horridum BAIRD, US and Mex. Bound. Surv., II. 1859, 11. ..."

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