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    GENUS HETERODON

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Heterodon; Heterodon

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Heterodon" is a kind of...):

    reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Heterodon"):

    hognose snake; puff adder; sand viper (harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed)

    Holonyms ("genus Heterodon" is a member of...):

    Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)

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