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BOIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Boidae mean?
• BOIDAE (noun)
The noun BOIDAE has 1 sense:
1. boas and pythons
Familiarity information: BOIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Boas and pythons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Boidae; family Boidae
Hypernyms ("Boidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Boidae"):
boa (any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs)
Charina; genus Charina; genus Lichanura; Lichanura (boas of western North America)
Eunectes; genus Eunectes (anacondas)
Pythoninae; subfamily Pythoninae (Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae)
Holonyms ("Boidae" is a member of...):
Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes (snakes)
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