Acontias

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acontias \A*con"ti*as\, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ?, dim. ?
     dart.] (Zool.)
     Anciently, a snake, called {dart snake}; now, one of a genus
     of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
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