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BOTHROPS ATROPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bothrops atrops mean?
• BOTHROPS ATROPS (noun)
The noun BOTHROPS ATROPS has 1 sense:
1. large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
Familiarity information: BOTHROPS ATROPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bothrops atrops; fer-de-lance
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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