heloderma

Thân thiện

A biologist carefully observes a heloderma in its desert habitat.

Definition

Noun: 1. A genus of lizards: The sole genus within the family Helodermatidae, comprising large, venomous lizards native to southwestern North America and Central America. These are the only known venomous lizards in the world.

Usage

• As a scientific/biological term: The word is used almost exclusively in taxonomic and zoological contexts to refer to this specific genus.
  • The study focused on the evolutionary history of the genus Heloderma.
  • Only two species belong to Heloderma: the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard.

Advanced Usage

• In binomial nomenclature: Used as the generic name in the scientific classification of its member species.
  • The Gila monster's scientific name is Heloderma suspectum.

Variants and Related Words

• Helodermatidae (n): The family name to which the genus belongs.
• Helodermoid (adj): Resembling or related to lizards of the genus .

Synonyms

• Venomous lizard genus (descriptive synonym)
• Beaded lizard genus (descriptive synonym, though this can refer specifically to )

Different Meanings

This word has a single, specific zoological meaning and is not used in other contexts.

Học thuật

Noun

1. type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Heloderma
• genus Heloderma