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What (who) is Gila monster - definition
Gila monster
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SPECIES OF VENOMOUS LIZARD FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
Heloderma suspectum; Gila Monster; Gila monsters; Toxic lizard saliva; The Gila monster; Gila monster lizard
·- A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, ·etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.
Gila monster
SPECIES OF VENOMOUS LIZARD FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
Heloderma suspectum; Gila Monster; Gila monsters; Toxic lizard saliva; The Gila monster; Gila monster lizard
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¦ noun a large, slow-moving venomous lizard native to the south-western US and Mexico. [Heloderma suspectum.]
Origin
C19: named after Gila, a river in New Mexico and Arizona.
GRIC
![House with Bow Roof, Sacaton vicinity, Pinal County, AZ. Photo from [[Historic American Buildings Survey]], 1938](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sacaton.jpg?width=200 "House with Bow Roof, Sacaton vicinity, Pinal County, AZ. Photo from [[Historic American Buildings Survey]], 1938")
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IN THE U.S. STATE OF ARIZONA
Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; GRIC; Gila River Pima; Gila River Tribe; Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Casinos; Lone Butte Ranch, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community, Arizona; Wild Horse Pass Casino; Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
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Examples of use of Gila monster
1. Yet the Gila Monster has proved an unlikely ally in the battle to control diabetes.
2. Scroll down for more The Gila monster only eats 3–4 times a year More....
3. Wild populations of the Gila Monster and its equally poisonous cousin the Beaded Lizard are declining rapidly owing to habitat loss and illegal hunting for the pet trade.
4. Since it was approved for the U.S. market in 2005, diabetics have been injecting Byetta, a drug based on the saliva of the Gila monster, a rare venomous lizard from the American Southwest and Mexico.
5. America‘s 20 million–plus diabetics mean dollar signs for drug companies that sell a slew of new products, including a successful drug based on the saliva of a Gila monster, and a failed inhalation device that‘s been compared to a "bong." Glaxo‘s blockbuster drug Avandia came under fire in May after a report linked it to an increased risk of heart attacks.