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SNAKE DOCTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snake doctor mean? 

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

1. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SNAKE DOCTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder

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

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)


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