Agkistrodon

noun

copperheads

• Syn: ↑genus Agkistrodon, ↑Ancistrodon, ↑genus Ancistrodon

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Crotalidae, ↑family Crotalidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑copperhead, ↑Agkistrodon contortrix, ↑water moccasin, ↑cottonmouth, ↑cottonmouth moccasin, ↑Agkistrodon piscivorus

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\\agˈkistrəˌdän, aŋˈk-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek ankistron fishhook + New Latin -odon

: a genus of pit vipers including the American copperhead and water moccasin — used generally instead of the technically preferable Ancistrodon