Definition of Denisonia

1. Noun. Copperheads.

Exact synonyms: Genus Denisonia
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Copperhead, Denisonia Superba

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denisonia

Denebokab
Denebola
Denes
Deng
Deng Xiaoping
Denglisch
Denglish
Denhardt's solution
Denholm
Denil fishway
Denis
Denis Browne's pouch
Denis Browne splint
Denis Diderot
Denise
Denisonia (current term)
Denisonia superba
Denman
Denmark
Denmark Vesey
Dennie
Dennie's infraorbital fold
Dennie's line
Dennis
Dennis Gabor
Dennison
Dennstaedtia
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Dennstaedtiaceae

Literary usage of Denisonia

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

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1869)
"Denisonia, Krefft. Head high and quadrangular, distinct from trunk, ... Denisonia ORNATA. (Fig. 7.) The present species is a very peculiar form on account ..."

2. Records of the Australian Museum by Australian Museum (1896)
"The most noticeable difference between our specimen of Denisonia melanura and those previously described, is to be found in the circumstance that it ..."

3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... Denisonia, and Vermi- cella, are Australian, the first two ranging to the Moluccas and New Guinea; ..."

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