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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of innocuous colubriform serpents, having the rostral plate enlarged and recurved.
  • noun [lowercase] A serpent of the genus Heterodon. Also heterodont.
  • noun One of several genera of mammals and mollusks.

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  • noun a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

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