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GENUS MASTICOPHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Masticophis mean? 

GENUS MASTICOPHIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MASTICOPHIS has 1 sense:

1. whip snakesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS MASTICOPHIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MASTICOPHIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Whip snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Masticophis; Masticophis

Hypernyms ("genus Masticophis" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Masticophis"):

whip-snake; whip snake; whipsnake (any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails)

Holonyms ("genus Masticophis" is a member of...):

Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)


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