GENUS HETERODON
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Heterodon mean? • GENUS HETERODON (noun)
The noun GENUS HETERODON has 1 sense:
1. a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS HETERODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS HETERODON (noun)
Meaning:
A genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Heterodon; Heterodon
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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