Definition of Family helodermatidae

1. Noun. Only known venomous lizards.

Exact synonyms: Helodermatidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria
Member holonyms: Venomous Lizard, Genus Heloderma, Heloderma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Helodermatidae

family Gruidae
family Gryllidae
family Guttiferae
family Gyrinidae
family Hadrosauridae
family Haematopodidae
family Haemodoraceae
family Haemoproteidae
family Haemulidae
family Halictidae
family Haliotidae
family Haloragaceae
family Haloragidaceae
family Hamamelidaceae
family Helicidae
family Helodermatidae
family Helotiaceae
family Helvellaceae
family Hemerobiidae
family Hemerocallidaceae
family Hemiprocnidae
family Hemiramphidae
family Heteromyidae
family Hexagrammidae
family Hexanchidae
family Hippoboscidae
family Hippocastanaceae
family Hippopotamidae
family Hipposideridae
family Hirudinidae

Literary usage of Family helodermatidae

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

1. The Geology of the Environs of Albuquerque, New Mexico by Clarence Luther Herrick (1899)
"Family. HELODERMATIDAE. The Gila monsters are the only lizards with venom-secreting glands but they are fortunately so sluggish as to rarely strike even ..."

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