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- noun Plural form of
bushmaster .
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Examples
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The number of snake species totals 62, including pit-vipers (Bothrops atrox), bushmasters (Lachaesis muta), boa constrictors (Boa constrictor), and 23 species of lizards with many gekkos and iguanas (Iguana iguana).
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The more ferocious snakes that occur here include fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), coral snakes (Micrurus spp.), boa constrictors (Boa constrictor), and bushmasters (Lachesis muta).
Tepuis 2008
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Efrain's eyes automatically scanned the ground for fer-de-lances or bushmasters like the one that had killed the foal's mother.
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Efrain's eyes automatically scanned the ground for fer-de-lances or bushmasters like the one that had killed the foal's mother.
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Gently nudging a couple of twenty-foot-long yarn-snakes out of the pathway, he ushered his charges to the throne, somewhat more visible after Yob brushed handfuls of baby bushmasters from Rotapan's feet.
Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996
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Gently nudging a couple of twenty-foot-long yarn-snakes out of the pathway, he ushered his charges to the throne, somewhat more visible after Yob brushed handfuls of baby bushmasters from Rotapan's feet.
Song of Time McLaren, Teri 1996
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In view of the great array of plate glass cases in that building, many of them containing venomous cobras, rattlesnakes, moccasins and bushmasters, we were thoroughly frightened at the prospect of that crazy beast again coming within reach of them.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Some of the venomous snakes that occur here are fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), palm pit-vipers (Bothriechis spp.), coral snakes (Micrurus spp.), bushmasters (Lachesis muta), as well as boa constrictors (Boa constrictor).
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Some of the venomous snakes that occur here are fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper), palm pit-vipers (Bothriechis spp.), coral snakes (Micrurus spp.), bushmasters (Lachesis muta), as well as boa constrictors (Boa constrictor).
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Other oft-mentioned snakes that occur here include lanceheads (Bothrops atrox), palm pit-vipers (Bothriechis spp.), coral snakes (Micrurus spp.), boa constrictors (Boa constrictor), emerald tree boas (B. canida), and bushmasters (Lachesis muta).
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