heterodon

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper,
definition	:	harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	colubridae, family colubridae,
definition	:	nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species (noun.animal)