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Definition of Heloderma
1. Noun. Type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Helodermatidae, Helodermatidae
Member holonyms: Gila Monster, Heloderma Suspectum, Beaded Lizard, Heloderma Horridum, Mexican Beaded Lizard
Medical Definition of Heloderma
1. The only genus of poisonous lizards, such as the Gila monster, so named because of the tubercular scales which cover their bodies. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Origin: G. Helos, nail, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heloderma
Literary usage of Heloderma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anschutz (1917)
"(Dr. TL Bradford furnishes us with the following classification of this reptile:)
The heloderma is classed as follows: Order: ..."
2. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... of the Genus heloderma Descriptions of the Species—Their Habits HEAVY-BODIED,
vividly marked, and with skin possessing closely set, bead-like tubercles, ..."
3. A Text-book of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Characteristic, Analytical by Allen Corson Cowperthwaite (1909)
"Ulcers, with swollen purplish skin. Compare.—Lach., Sang. heloderma. Synonym.—heloderma
suspectum. Natural order.—Helo- derma tidae. Common name. ..."
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