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hognose snake definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed [syn: hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper]

Merriam Webster's

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 snake, puff adder