bush-mastern. a very venomous South American snake.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Lachesis (bush-master)
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1826 Edinb. Rev.43 300 The most venomous of reptiles, and known by the name of the bush-master.
1860 P. H. GosseRomance Nat. Hist. 267 The couni-couchi, or bush-master, is the most dreaded of all the South American snakes.