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heloderm Zool.|ˈhiːləʊdɜːm|
[ad. mod.L. hēloderma, f. Gr. ἧλος nail + δέρµα skin.]
A large and repulsive-looking venomous lizard of the genus Heloderma, having its skin studded with warts or tubercles like heads of nails. There are two species, found in Mexico and Arizona.
1882Proc. Zool. Soc. 632 Sir Joseph Fayrer made the subjoined remarks..I was present when the Heloderm bit two Guinea-pigs in the hind leg. 1895Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/3 Mr. Tyrrell does not think the heloderm's poisonous bite would kill a man unless in exceptional cases.
Hence heloˈdermatoid a., having the form or character of a heloderm; heloˈdermatous a., having a warty skin like a heloderm. |