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GENUS SONORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sonora mean?
• GENUS SONORA (noun)
The noun GENUS SONORA has 1 sense:
1. ground snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS SONORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ground snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sonora; Sonora
Hypernyms ("genus Sonora" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sonora"):
ground snake; Sonora semiannulata (small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America)
Holonyms ("genus Sonora" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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