Definition of Ancistrodon

1. Noun. Copperheads.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancistrodon

Anaximander
Anaximenes
Ancestors Night
Ancestors Nights
Anchorage
Anchusa capensis
Anchusa officinalis
Anchusa riparia
Ancien Régime
Ancient Church of the East
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek
Ancient Macedonian
Ancient Rome
Ancistrodon (current term)
Ancoats
Ancohuma
Ancona
Ancylidae
Ancylostoma braziliense
Ancylostoma caninum
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
Ancylostoma duodenale
Ancylostomatidae
Ancylus
Ancylus fluviatilis
Andai
Andalucia
Andalusi Arabic

Literary usage of Ancistrodon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The genus Ancistrodon is composed of ten species, seven of which inhabit Central Asia generally, though some also extend northward into Siberia, ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"The Ancistrodon piscivorus. 1791 The moccasin snake is a large and horrid serpent.. . .There is another snake in Carolina and Florida, called the moccasin. ..."

3. Biennial Report by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Ancistrodon. Beauvois. The representatives of this and all the following genera are poisonous. They include the "Copperheads," "Moccasins," and ..."

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