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RUBBER BOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubber boa mean? 

RUBBER BOA (noun)
  The noun RUBBER BOA has 1 sense:

1. boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shapeplay

  Familiarity information: RUBBER BOA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUBBER BOA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Charina bottae; rubber boa; tow-headed snake

Hypernyms ("rubber boa" is a kind of...):

boa (any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs)

Holonyms ("rubber boa" is a member of...):

Charina; genus Charina (boas of western North America)


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