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DENDRASPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendraspis mean?
• DENDRASPIS (noun)
The noun DENDRASPIS has 1 sense:
1. mambas
Familiarity information: DENDRASPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mambas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dendraspis; Dendroaspis; genus Dendraspis; genus Dendroaspis
Hypernyms ("Dendraspis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Dendraspis"):
mamba (arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal)
Holonyms ("Dendraspis" is a member of...):
Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)
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