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    FAMILY COLUBRIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living speciesplay

    Synonyms:

    Colubridae; family Colubridae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Colubridae" is a kind of...):

    reptile family (a family of reptiles)

    Meronyms (members of "family Colubridae"):

    Drymarchon; genus Drymarchon (a genus of Colubridae)

    genus Hypsiglena; Hypsiglena (night snakes)

    genus Trimorphodon; Trimorphodon (lyre snakes)

    genus Oxybelis; Oxybelis (vine snakes)

    genus Tantilla; Tantilla (black-headed snakes)

    Chilomeniscus; genus Chilomeniscus (sand snakes)

    genus Storeria; Storeria (a genus of Colubridae)

    genus Nerodia; Nerodia (North American water snakes)

    genus Natrix; Natrix (water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus)

    genus Haldea; Haldea; genus Potamophis; Potamophis; genus Sonora; Sonora (ground snakes)

    genus Tropidoclonion; Tropidoclonion (lined snakes)

    genus Thamnophis; Thamnophis (garter snakes)

    genus Lampropeltis; Lampropeltis (king snakes and milk snakes)

    genus Pituophis; Pituophis (bull snakes)

    Arizona; genus Arizona (glossy snake)

    genus Ptyas; Ptyas (Asian rat snakes)

    Elaphe; genus Elaphe (North American rat snakes)

    genus Masticophis; Masticophis (whip snakes)

    Coluber; genus Coluber (racers)

    Chlorophis; genus Chlorophis (African green snakes)

    genus Opheodrys; Opheodrys (North American green snakes)

    genus Phyllorhynchus; Phyllorhynchus (leaf-nosed snakes)

    genus Heterodon; Heterodon (a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes)

    Diadophis; genus Diadophis (a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes)

    Carphophis; genus Carphophis (thunder snake)

    colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)

    Holonyms ("family Colubridae" is a member of...):

    Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes (snakes)

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