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MASTICOPHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Masticophis mean?
• MASTICOPHIS (noun)
The noun MASTICOPHIS has 1 sense:
1. whip snakes
Familiarity information: MASTICOPHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whip snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Masticophis; Masticophis
Hypernyms ("Masticophis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Masticophis"):
whip-snake; whip snake; whipsnake (any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails)
Holonyms ("Masticophis" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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