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ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthophis antarcticus mean? 

ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS (noun)
  The noun ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS has 1 sense:

1. venomous Australian snake resembling an adderplay

  Familiarity information: ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Venomous Australian snake resembling an adder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthophis antarcticus; death adder

Hypernyms ("Acanthophis antarcticus" is a kind of...):

elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)

Holonyms ("Acanthophis antarcticus" is a member of...):

Acanthophis; genus Acanthophis (Australian elapid snakes)


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