Heterodon

noun

a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

• Syn: ↑genus Heterodon

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Colubridae, ↑family Colubridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑hognose snake, ↑puff adder, ↑sand viper

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\\ˈhed.ərəˌdän\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -odon

: a genus of small stocky colubrid snakes comprising the No. American hognose snakes