BOTHROPS ATROPS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America

Synonyms:

Bothrops atrops; fer-de-lance

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Bothrops atrops" is a kind of...):

pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)

Holonyms ("Bothrops atrops" is a member of...):

Bothrops; genus Bothrops (fer-de-lance)

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