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BOTHROPS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fer-de-lance

Synonyms:

Bothrops; genus Bothrops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Bothrops" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Bothrops"):

Bothrops atrops; fer-de-lance (large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America)

Holonyms ("Bothrops" is a member of...):

Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)

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