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Acanthophis

noun

Australian elapid snakes

• Syn: ↑genus Acanthophis

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elapidae, ↑family Elapidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑death adder, ↑Acanthophis antarcticus

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\\əˈkan(t)thəfə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from acanth- + Greek ophis snake — more at ophidia

: a genus of venomous Australian snakes (family Elapidae) having a long horny upturned spine at the end of the tail and consisting of the death adder (A. antarcticus)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.