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GENUS HETERODON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
Synonyms:
genus Heterodon; Heterodon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Heterodon" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Heterodon"):
hognose snake; puff adder; sand viper (harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed)
Holonyms ("genus Heterodon" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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