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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Gila monster
 
SYLLABICATION:Gi·la monster
PRONUNCIATION:  hl
NOUN: A venomous lizard (Heloderma suspectum) of arid regions of the southwest United States and western Mexico, having black and orange or yellow scales.
ETYMOLOGY:After the Gila River.
 
 
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