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Zilla

Zilla \Zil"la\, n. (Bot.) A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant ( Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.

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Zilla (TriStar Godzilla)

Zilla (ジラ Jira) is a film monster that first appeared as the title character in TriStar Pictures' 1998 film Godzilla. It was initially created as a reimagining of Godzilla, however after 2004, Toho (the Godzilla IP owners) began trademarking future incarnations of TriStar's Godzilla as "Zilla", with only the incarnations from the 1998 film and Godzilla: The Series retaining the Godzilla copyright and trademark.

Zilla (plant)

Zilla is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae, that grows in the Sahara-Arabian extreme deserts, in Northern Africa and the Middle East.

Zilla

Zilla may refer to:

Government
  • Zillah or Zilla, a country subdivision (translated as "district") in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, see also Zila Parishad (disambiguation).
Godzilla franchise
  • -zilla (suffix), an English language suffix derived from the fictional monster Godzilla
  • Zilla (Toho), a variation of the titular fictional monster in the 1998 film Godzilla that was first introduced in the 2004 film Godzilla: Final Wars
Entertainment
  • Zilla, the name of the major antagonist in the video game Shadow Warrior
  • Zilla (band), a trance band started in 2004 by Michael Travis of The String Cheese Incident
Music
  • V-Zilla, rapper from hip-hop supergroup Army of the Pharaohs.
Software and engineering
  • Zilla (software), a desktop clustering program developed by NeXT in the 1980s
  • Zilla motor controller, a type of motor controller
Taxonomy
  • Zilla (plant), a plant genus in the family Brassicaceae
  • Zilla (spider), an animal genus in the family Araneidae
See also
  • Zillah (disambiguation)
Zilla (band)

Zilla is a livetronica band based in Boulder, CO. It consists of Jamie Janover, Michael Travis and Aaron Holstein. The group began as a side project for Travis in his time away from the more popular String Cheese Incident. However, since SCI's hiatus in 2007 Zilla and EOTO have become Travis' main projects. The band's shows are 100% improvised, as are their two studio recordings.

Usage examples of "zilla".

The Babbitts then visit the even more unhappily married Rieslings, where Babbitt bullies clever, bitter Zilla Riesling into letting Paul go with him.

The Babbitts try to convince Zilla that Paul is tired and deserves an early vacation in Maine.

It seems to be settled now, isn't it—though of course Zilla keeps rooting for a nice expensive vacation in New York and Atlantic City, with the bright lights and the bootlegged cocktails and a bunch of lounge-lizards to dance with—but the Babbitts and the Rieslings are sure-enough going to Lake Sunasquam, aren't we?