HETERODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heterodon mean? 

• HETERODON (noun)
  The noun HETERODON has 1 sense:

1. a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

  Familiarity information: HETERODON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETERODON (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Heterodon; Heterodon

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Heterodon" is a member of...):

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