bushmaster

[boo sh-mas-ter, -mah-ster]

noun

a pit viper, Lachesis muta, of tropical America, that grows to a length of 12 feet (3.6 meters).

Origin of bushmaster

First recorded in 1820–30; bush¹ + master

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Examples from the Web for bushmaster

Contemporary Examples of bushmaster

For example, the very Bushmaster AR-15 used by Adam Lanza in Newtown and by James Holmes in Aurora is perfectly legal.
A Response to David Mamet on Gun Control
Michael Tomasky
January 28, 2013
Perhaps by chance that was the same year Nancy bought the Bushmaster.
Nancy Lanza Was Deluded to Keep Guns at Home With Troubled Adam
Michael Daly
December 19, 2012
Bushmaster offers everything you need to ensure the safety of you and your family.
This Gun Kills Kids—and Reaps Profits
Daniel Gross
December 17, 2012

Historical Examples of bushmaster

Instinctively, Will's hand flashed out and caught the bushmaster by the neck.
The Inca Emerald
Samuel Scoville
An Indian will smilingly undergo any physical hardship, and he will face any creature in the jungle, except the bushmaster.
Jungle Peace
William Beebe
"If you ever meet a bushmaster, you'll learn the difference between it and a harmless blacksnake," he observed.
The Inca Emerald
Samuel Scoville
As the insatiable, inexorable mass rolled toward him, the bushmaster seemed either to hear or scent its approach.
The Inca Emerald
Samuel Scoville
Under my contract with Mr. Donegan, we were to collect a bushmaster before we began the search for emeralds.
The Inca Emerald
Samuel Scoville

British Dictionary definitions for bushmaster

bushmaster

noun

a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)

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