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TANTILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tantilla mean?
• TANTILLA (noun)
The noun TANTILLA has 1 sense:
1. black-headed snakes
Familiarity information: TANTILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black-headed snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tantilla; Tantilla
Hypernyms ("Tantilla" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Tantilla"):
black-headed snake (small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina)
Holonyms ("Tantilla" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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