HOGNOSE SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hognose snake mean? 

• HOGNOSE SNAKE (noun)
  The noun HOGNOSE SNAKE has 1 sense:

1. harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

  Familiarity information: HOGNOSE SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOGNOSE SNAKE (noun)

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Meaning:

Harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hognose snake; puff adder; sand viper

Hypernyms ("hognose snake" is a kind of...):

colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)

Holonyms ("hognose snake" is a member of...):

genus Heterodon; Heterodon (a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes)