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AGKISTRODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Agkistrodon mean?
• AGKISTRODON (noun)
The noun AGKISTRODON has 1 sense:
1. copperheads
Familiarity information: AGKISTRODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Copperheads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Agkistrodon; Ancistrodon; genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon
Hypernyms ("Agkistrodon" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Agkistrodon"):
Agkistrodon contortrix; copperhead (common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States)
Agkistrodon piscivorus; cottonmouth; cottonmouth moccasin; water moccasin (venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States)
Holonyms ("Agkistrodon" is a member of...):
Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)
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