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PITUOPHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pituophis mean? 

PITUOPHIS (noun)
  The noun PITUOPHIS has 1 sense:

1. bull snakesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PITUOPHIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bull snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pituophis; Pituophis

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Pituophis"):

bull-snake; bull snake (any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes)

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

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


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