Bothrops

Bothrops
noun
fer-de-lance
Syn: ↑genus Bothrops
Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Crotalidae, ↑family Crotalidae
Member Meronyms: ↑fer-de-lance, ↑Bothrops atrops

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\\ˈbōˈthräps\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from bothr- + -ops
: a genus of venomous pit vipers (family Crotalidae) including the fer-de-lance (B. atrox) and palm viper (B. nigroventris) of Central and So. America, their hemolytic venom causing the breakdown of blood cells and small blood vessels with consequent interstitial hemorrhage

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