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GENUS MASTICOPHIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Whip snakes

Synonyms:

genus Masticophis; Masticophis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Masticophis" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Masticophis"):

whip-snake; whip snake; whipsnake (any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails)

Holonyms ("genus Masticophis" is a member of...):

Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)

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