HOGNOSE SNAKE

Meaning of HOGNOSE SNAKE in English

/hawg"nohz', hog"-/

any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed.

[ 1730-40, Amer.; HOG + NOSE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HOGNOSE SNAKE — noun Date: 1736 any of a genus ( Heterodon ) of rather small harmless stout-bodied North American colubrid snakes with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOGNOSE SNAKE — Any of three or four species (genus Heterodon , family Colubridae) of harmless North American snakes named for their upturned …
Английский словарь Британика
HOGNOSE SNAKE — noun or hog-nosed snake : any of certain moderate-sized stout-bodied No. American snakes that constitute the genus Heterodon, are perfectly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOGNOSE SNAKE — (genus Heterodon), any of three or four species belonging to the family Colubridae. They are named for the upturned snout, …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOGNOSE SNAKE — свиноносая змея Heterodon (лат), неядовитое пресмыкающееся с коротким и толстым телом и широкой головой, заостряющейся и вздернутой кверху, что позволяет ей …
HOGNOSE SNAKE — свиноносая змея Heterodon (лат.), неядовитое пресмыкающееся с коротким и толстым телом и широкой головой, заостряющейся и вздернутой кверху, что позволяет …
HOGNOSE SNAKE — noun Date: 1736 : any of a genus ( Heterodon ) of rather small harmless stout-bodied North American colubrid snakes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOGNOSE SNAKE — Pronunciation: ' ho ̇ g- ˌ n ō z-, ' häg- Function: noun Date: 1736 : any of a genus …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOGNOSE SNAKE — ■ noun a harmless burrowing American snake that has an upturned snout and inflates itself when alarmed. [Genus Heterodon : …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOGNOSE SNAKE — [hog.nose snake] n (1736): any of a genus (Heterodon) of rather small harmless stout-bodied No. American colubrid snakes with keeled …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOGNOSE SNAKE — Any of three or four species (genus Heterodon , family Colubridae) of harmless North American snakes named for their upturned …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOGNOSE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a rounded cutting edge — used of a cutting or boring tool
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNAKE — snake сущ.1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SNAKE — 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — 1. сущ. 1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SNAKE — 1. сущ. 1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — змеи кусают snakes coil …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SNAKE — змея; pl змеи (Serpentes) - Aesculapian snake - African coral snake - amphibious sea snakes - Arizona coral snake - Asian water snake - Asian wolf …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SNAKE — змея; pl змеи ( Serpentes ) - Aesculapian snake - African coral snake - amphibious sea snakes - Arizona coral …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SNAKE — snake n AmE sl 1. Her boyfriend, a notorious snake, has done her dirt Красавец-парень, с которым она встречалась, подложил …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUFF ADDER — noun Date: 1789 a large thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper ( Bitis arietans ), hognose snake
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOG-NOSED SNAKE — noun see: hognose snake
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADDER — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration (by false division of a naddre) of naddre, from Old English nǣdre; akin to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADDER — Any of several venomous snakes of the viper family (Viperidae) and the death adder, a viperlike elapid . Vipers include …
Английский словарь Британика
HOG-NOSED SNAKE — noun see hognose snake
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADDER — I. ad·der ˈadə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English addre, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of a naddre ) …
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SPREADING ADDER — noun : hognose snake
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SPOTTED ADDER — noun 1. : milk snake 2. : hognose snake
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SAND VIPER — noun : any of various snakes that burrow into the sand: as a. : hognose snake b. : horned viper …
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PUFFING ADDER — noun : hognose snake
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUFF ADDER — noun 1. a. : a thick-bodied exceedingly venomous widely distributed African viper ( Bitis arietans ) that inflates its body …
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HOG SNAKE — noun : hognose snake
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HISSING ADDER — noun or hissing snake also hissing viper : hognose snake
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HETERODON — ˈhed.ərəˌdän noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -odon : a genus of small stocky colubrid snakes comprising …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLATHEADED ADDER — noun Etymology: so called from its habit of flattening its head when disturbed : hognose snake
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FLATHEAD
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DIACRANTERIAN — |dīəˌkran|tirēən adjective also di·a·cran·ter·ic -|terik Etymology: dia- + Greek krantēres wisdom teeth + English -ian or -ic : having the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAF ADDER — noun 1. : any of various harmless snakes ; especially : hognose snake 2. : the venomous copperhead 3. Britain …
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BLOW SNAKE — noun Etymology: so called from its habit of distending the surface of its head before striking : hognose snake
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BLOWING ADDER — noun or blowing viper Etymology: so called from its habit of distending the surface of its head before striking : …
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SAND VIPER — 1. See hognose snake . 2. See horned viper . [ 1660-70 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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