noun
a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes
• Syn: ↑Heterodon
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Colubridae, ↑family Colubridae
• Member Meronyms: ↑hognose snake, ↑puff adder, ↑sand viper
Useful english dictionary. 2012.