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Definition of Genus Agkistrodon
1. Noun. Copperheads.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Crotalidae, Family Crotalidae
Member holonyms: Agkistrodon Contortrix, Copperhead, Agkistrodon Piscivorus, Cottonmouth, Cottonmouth Moccasin, Water Moccasin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Agkistrodon
Literary usage of Genus Agkistrodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"Among the species of the genus Agkistrodon which extends from the northern borders
of the Caspian Sea throughout most of the Asiatic a Rept. US Nat. ..."
2. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Genus AGKISTRODON, Beauv. Agkistrodon, Pal. de Beauvais, 1799, 36, iv, 381; Baird
and Girard, 1853, 6, 17 ; Ancistrodon, of various authors. ..."
3. Transaction by Texas Medical Association (1902)
"Stejneger's synopsis is brief and as follows: Tail without rattle, ending in a
point, genus, Agkistrodon, Beau- vois. ..."
4. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"Genus AGKISTRODON » Beauvois. 1799. Agkistrodon BEAUVOIS, Trans. Amer. ...
Among the species of the genus Agkistrodon which extends from the northern ..."
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