bushmaster
[boo sh-mas-ter, -mah-ster]
- a pit viper, Lachesis muta, of tropical America, that grows to a length of 12 feet (3.6 meters).
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Origin of bushmaster
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Contemporary Examples
For example, the very Bushmaster AR-15 used by Adam Lanza in Newtown and by James Holmes in Aurora is perfectly legal.
Perhaps by chance that was the same year Nancy bought the Bushmaster.
Bushmaster offers everything you need to ensure the safety of you and your family.
Historical Examples
Instinctively, Will's hand flashed out and caught the bushmaster by the neck.
The Inca EmeraldSamuel Scoville
An Indian will smilingly undergo any physical hardship, and he will face any creature in the jungle, except the bushmaster.
Jungle PeaceWilliam Beebe
"If you ever meet a bushmaster, you'll learn the difference between it and a harmless blacksnake," he observed.
The Inca EmeraldSamuel Scoville
As the insatiable, inexorable mass rolled toward him, the bushmaster seemed either to hear or scent its approach.
The Inca EmeraldSamuel Scoville
Under my contract with Mr. Donegan, we were to collect a bushmaster before we began the search for emeralds.
The Inca EmeraldSamuel Scoville
bushmaster
- a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
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