NOUN | animal | hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose |
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Meaning | harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed. | |
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Synonyms | puff adder, sand viper | |
Member of | Heterodon, genus Heterodon | A genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes |
Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
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