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SAND VIPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
Synonyms:
hognose snake; puff adder; sand viper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sand viper" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("sand viper" is a member of...):
genus Heterodon; Heterodon (a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
Synonyms:
cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; horned asp; horned viper; sand viper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sand viper" is a kind of...):
viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)
Holonyms ("sand viper" is a member of...):
Aspis; genus Aspis; genus Cerastes (horned vipers)