English Explanatory Dictionary

hognose snake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
  2. Heterodon (United States and northern Mexico)
  3. Leioheterodon (Madagascar)
  4. Lystrophis (South America)

Word forms

hognose snake hognose snakes
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