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EASTERN GROUND SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eastern ground snake mean?
• EASTERN GROUND SNAKE (noun)
The noun EASTERN GROUND SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America
Familiarity information: EASTERN GROUND SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
eastern ground snake; Haldea striatula; Potamophis striatula
Hypernyms ("eastern ground snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("eastern ground snake" is a member of...):
genus Potamophis; Potamophis (ground snakes)
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