How to Use Gila monster in a Sentence

Gila monster

noun

• Other state symbols include the elk and the state reptile, which is the Gila monster.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2022-03-29
• Some animals, such as the Gila monster, have become adept at storing water within their bodies.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-12-26
• The revered surrounding area is home to a Joshua tree forest and provides key habitats for the desert bighorn sheep, desert tortoise, and Gila monster.
  — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-04-27
• After the study was over, the university’s Gila monster-ownership permits ran out, and the trio wound up in Kleinman’s care.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 2022-01-10
• In March 2024, a Colorado man died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster.
  — Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 2024-05-14
• Bizarrely, the discovery grew out of research into the curative properties of Gila monster saliva.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 2023-12-11
• The elephant-size dinosaur had a strange, short skull with rough bones, so in life its head had bulges and prominences similar to current reptiles such as the Gila monster or some iguanas, the study shows.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 2021-04-01
• She’s rescued or inherited dozens of reptiles, including a five-foot western diamondback, a skink and a Gila monster.
  — azcentral, 2021-04-15
• Scientists found success in a compound in Gila monster saliva that is similar to human GLP-1 but much more stable.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2024-06-25
• Loading your audio article A 34-year-old Colorado man believed to be the first person killed by a Gila monster in nearly a century died from complications associated with the reptile’s venom, a coroner determined.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2024-03-15
• This class of drugs was first developed in the 1990s when scientists identified a hormone-like molecule in the venom of a Gila monster, a lizard native to the American Southwest, that stimulated insulin secretion.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2024-10-09