Definition of Heterodon
:a genus of small stocky colubrid snakes comprising the North American hognose snakes
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Heterodon
noun
Het·er·odon
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ˈhetərəˌdän
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Origin and Etymology of heterodon
New Latin, from heter- + -odon
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