beaded lizard

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Etymology[edit]

In reference to the many small bead-like protrusions on its skin.

Noun[edit]

beaded lizard (plural beaded lizards)

  1. Any venomous lizard of family Helodermatidae.
    1. Especially, a species of venomous lizard found principally in Mexico and southern Guatemala, Heloderma horridum.

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