acanthophis antarcticus

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   venomous Australian snake resembling an adder

   Synonymsdeath adder

   Broaderelapid

   Part ofAcanthophis

Questions about acanthophis antarcticus

What does acanthophis antarcticus mean?

acanthophis antarcticus means "venomous Australian snake resembling an adder".

What is another word for acanthophis antarcticus?

Close synonyms include death adder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acanthophis antarcticus a common word?

acanthophis antarcticus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.