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    KINGSNAKE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    king snake; kingsnake

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("kingsnake" 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 "kingsnake"):

    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 ("kingsnake" is a member of...):

    genus Lampropeltis; Lampropeltis (king snakes and milk snakes)

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