VENOMOUS LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does venomous lizard mean? 

• VENOMOUS LIZARD (noun)
  The noun VENOMOUS LIZARD has 1 sense:

1. any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards

  Familiarity information: VENOMOUS LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENOMOUS LIZARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("venomous lizard" is a kind of...):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "venomous lizard"):

Gila monster; Heloderma suspectum (large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested)

beaded lizard; Heloderma horridum; Mexican beaded lizard (lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico)

Holonyms ("venomous lizard" is a member of...):

family Helodermatidae; Helodermatidae (only known venomous lizards)

 Context examples 

A 39 amino acid peptide and synthetic version of exendin-4, a hormone found in the saliva of the venomous lizard Gila monster, with insulin secretagogue and antihyperglycemic activity.

(Exenatide, NCI Thesaurus)