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ASPIDELAPS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

African coral snakes

Synonyms:

Aspidelaps; genus Aspidelaps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aspidelaps" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Aspidelaps"):

African coral snake; Aspidelaps lubricus (small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange)

Holonyms ("Aspidelaps" is a member of...):

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)

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