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Hognose — Taxobox name = Hognose Snake image caption = Eastern Hognose Snake, Heterodon platyrhinos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Colubridae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision =… … Wikipedia
Hognose snake — may refer to:* Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen , a.k.a. the northern copperhead; a venomous viperid found in the eastern Unites States. * Heterodon , a genus of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America.Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook… … Wikipedia
hognose snake — ☆ hognose snake [hôg′nōz΄ ] n. any of a genus (Heterodon) of small, harmless North American colubrid snakes with a flat snout and a thick body: also hognosed snake … English World dictionary
hognose snake — /hawg nohz , hog / any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed. [1730 40, Amer.; HOG + NOSE] * * * Any of three or four… … Universalium
hognose — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a rounded cutting edge used of a cutting or boring tool * * * hogˈnose noun Any of various species of short bodied, harmless American snakes (genus Heterodon) • • • Main Entry: ↑hog … Useful english dictionary
hognose snake — noun Date: 1736 any of a genus (Heterodon) of rather small harmless stout bodied North American colubrid snakes with keeled scales and an upturned snout that seldom bite but hiss wildly and often play dead when disturbed called also hog nosed… … New Collegiate Dictionary
hognose snake — noun A type of colubrid snake characterized by an upturned snout, notorious for playing dead when threatened … Wiktionary
hognose snake — noun a harmless burrowing American snake that has an upturned snout and inflates itself when alarmed. [Genus Heterodon: several species.] … English new terms dictionary
hognose snake — hog′nose snake [[t]ˈhɔgˌnoʊz, ˈhɒg [/t]] n. ram any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon having an upturned snout … From formal English to slang
hognose snake — /ˈhɒgnoʊz sneɪk/ (say hognohz snayk) noun any of the harmless American snakes constituting the genus Heterodon, notable for their hog like snouts and their curious actions and contortions when disturbed …
