Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In herpetology:
- noun A genus of tropical American venomous serpents, of the family Crotalidœ.
- noun The specific name of some serpent, as a boa. See
aboma .
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Examples
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Brazil, and the kestrel (Tinnunculus cenchris), when it has left
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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There is another species -- the ringed boa, or boa cenchris -- which, though growing to a considerable size, does not attain that of the former species.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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