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GLOSSY SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glossy snake mean? 

GLOSSY SNAKE (noun)
  The noun GLOSSY SNAKE has 1 sense:

1. nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scalesplay

  Familiarity information: GLOSSY SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLOSSY SNAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Arizona elegans; glossy snake

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

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

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

Arizona; genus Arizona (glossy snake)


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