THUNDER SNAKE

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Meaning:

Small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States

Synonyms:

Carphophis amoenus; thunder snake; worm snake

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Carphophis; genus Carphophis (thunder snake)

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