hognose snake
English
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A hognose snake
Noun
hognose snake (plural hognose snakes)
- A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
- Heterodon (United States and northern Mexico)
- Leioheterodon (Madagascar)
- Lystrophis (South America)