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gila
/ˈɡilə/
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What does gila mean?
adjective
- Mad; crazy; insane.
noun
- A Gila monster.
- A Gila trout.
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proper noun
- A 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River which flows through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
- A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡilə/
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Into exposition of ranching on the Gila, he interweaves talk on Arabian afreets, Stevenson's philosophy of adventure, and German imperialism.
Each man has a gila or earthen pot attached by a string to his waist and floating behind him in the water.
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The cactus tree, like the eastern forest tree, is often found bored full of round, holes that are made by the Gila woodpecker.
The fortified hill at Quemada is apparently but a further development of the clustering houses with the little inclosures noticed on the Gila.
There is some dispute over the exact degree of the toxic qualities of the venom of the Heloderma suspectum, or Gila monster.