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ASPIDELAPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aspidelaps mean?
• ASPIDELAPS (noun)
The noun ASPIDELAPS has 1 sense:
1. African coral snakes
Familiarity information: ASPIDELAPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
African coral snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aspidelaps; genus Aspidelaps
Hypernyms ("Aspidelaps" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Aspidelaps"):
African coral snake; Aspidelaps lubricus (small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange)
Holonyms ("Aspidelaps" is a member of...):
Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)
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