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GENUS BOTHROPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bothrops mean?
• GENUS BOTHROPS (noun)
The noun GENUS BOTHROPS has 1 sense:
1. fer-de-lance
Familiarity information: GENUS BOTHROPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fer-de-lance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bothrops; genus Bothrops
Hypernyms ("genus Bothrops" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bothrops"):
Bothrops atrops; fer-de-lance (large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America)
Holonyms ("genus Bothrops" is a member of...):
Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)
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