Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Elapidae —venomous Australian snakes, including thedeath adder .
Etymologies
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From New Latin acanth ("spiny") + Ancient Greek (ophis, "snake").
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Like the Acanthophis antarcticus, or Death Adder what a descriptive name!
Archive 2006-08-01 Patrick J. Smith 2006
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Like the Acanthophis antarcticus, or Death Adder what a descriptive name!
Kulturpunkt Patrick J. Smith 2006
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Lesson believing it to be an undescribed species formed for it his genus Acanthophis;
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855
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