Agkistrodon
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Agkistrodon
[ag-kis´trŏ-don]a genus of venomous pit vipers. A. contor´trix is the copperhead and A. pisci´vorus is the water moccasin. See also snakebite.
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Agkistrodon
(ag-kis'tro-don?, ang-) [L. fr. Gr. ankistron, fishhook + Gr. odon, tooth]A genus of ovoviviparous pit vipers found in the U.S. and Central America.
Agkistrodon contortix
See: copperheadAgkistrodon piscivorus
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