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DENDROASPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendroaspis mean? 

DENDROASPIS (noun)
  The noun DENDROASPIS has 1 sense:

1. mambasplay

  Familiarity information: DENDROASPIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DENDROASPIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mambas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dendraspis; Dendroaspis; genus Dendraspis; genus Dendroaspis

Hypernyms ("Dendroaspis" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Dendroaspis"):

mamba (arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal)

Holonyms ("Dendroaspis" is a member of...):

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)


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