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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 an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.

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