Agkistrodon
noun
Ag·kis·tro·don
ag-ˈki-strə-ˌdän,
aŋ-
: a genus of pit vipers including the American copperhead and water moccasin —used generally instead of the technically preferable Ancistrodon
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek ánkistron (unconventionally transliterated with g for Greek gamma nasal) "fishhook" + -odōn -odon
First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above