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KING SNAKE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals

Synonyms:

king snake; kingsnake

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("king snake" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "king snake"):

common kingsnake; Lampropeltis getulus (widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands)

checkered adder; house snake; Lampropeltis triangulum; milk adder; milk snake (nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes)

Holonyms ("king snake" is a member of...):

genus Lampropeltis; Lampropeltis (king snakes and milk snakes)

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