Acanthophis
noun
Acan·tho·phis
əˈkan(t)thəfə̇s
: a genus of venomous Australian snakes (family Elapidae) having a long horny upturned spine at the end of the tail and consisting of the death adder (A. antarcticus)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from acanth- + Greek ophis snake
First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined above
- lilos
- lilt
- lilted
- lilting
- lilting skip
- liltingly
- liltingness
- liltingnesses
- lilts
- lily
- lily family
- lily green
- lily iron
- lily of the Incas
- lily of the Nile
- lily of the valley
- lily pad
- lily thorn
- lily white
- lily whites
- lily-like
- lily-livered
- lily-of-the-valley shrub
- lily-of-the-valley tree
- lily-trotter