Definition of Agkistrodon piscivorus

1. Noun. Venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Agkistrodon Piscivorus

Aggadah
Aggadic
Aggeus
Aggie
Aggies
Agha
Aghamiri
Aghan
Aghayan
Aghori
Aghul
Aghvank
Agia Napa
Agincourt
Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Aglaia
Aglaomorpha
Aglaomorpha meyeniana
Aglaonema
Aglaonema modestum
Agnatha
Agnes
Agnes George de Mille
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Agnes de Mille
Agnew
Agni
Agnus Dei
Agnus Deis

Literary usage of Agkistrodon piscivorus

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

1. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... the Black or Water Moccasin — agkistrodon piscivorus — and the Coral Snake or coralillo — Micrurus fulvius — of Mexico. The Copperhead is a small, ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... I happened to come across a pair of agkistrodon piscivorus in coitu, which must have, evidently, been nearly or quite completed, for the male freed ..."

3. Manual of Military Hygiene for the Military Services of the United States by Valery Havard (1914)
"Water Mocassin or Cottonmouth {agkistrodon piscivorus), of dark chestnut-brown color with darker markings, and white mouth, ranges from N. Ca. to Fla., ..."

4. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"Agkistrodon contortrix — Copperhead. agkistrodon piscivorus — Water moccasin. Crotalus horridus — Rattlesnake. Order — Chelonia. Types of Order. ..."

5. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"... than that attained by Storeria dekayi. The distribution of the species is from Texas to Kansas and east to Illinois. agkistrodon piscivorus, (LaC.). ..."

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