VENOMOUS LIZARD

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Meaning:

Any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("venomous lizard" is a kind of...):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "venomous lizard"):

Gila monster; Heloderma suspectum (large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested)

beaded lizard; Heloderma horridum; Mexican beaded lizard (lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico)

Holonyms ("venomous lizard" is a member of...):

family Helodermatidae; Helodermatidae (only known venomous lizards)