- Denisonia superba
- nounvenomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia• Syn: ↑copperhead• Hypernyms: ↑elapid, ↑elapid snake• Member Holonyms: ↑Denisonia, ↑genus Denisonia
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Denisonia superba
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