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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several thick-bodied, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Heterodon having an upturned snout.
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- noun A
colubrid snake , from any of three genera, characterized by anupturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
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