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Agkistrodon

noun
Ag·​kis·​tro·​don | \ ag-ˈki-strə-ˌdän, aŋ-\

Definition of Agkistrodon

: a genus of pit vipers including the American copperhead and water moccasin —used generally instead of the technically preferable Ancistrodon

First Known Use of Agkistrodon

1852, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Agkistrodon

borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek ánkistron (unconventionally transliterated with g for Greek gamma nasal) “fishhook” + -odōn -odon

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