AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agkistrodon contortrix mean? 

• AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX (noun)
  The noun AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX has 1 sense:

1. common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

  Familiarity information: AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agkistrodon contortrix; copperhead

Hypernyms ("Agkistrodon contortrix" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Agkistrodon contortrix" is a member of...):

Agkistrodon; Ancistrodon; genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon (copperheads)