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FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Leptotyphlopidae mean?
• FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. blind snakes
Familiarity information: FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blind snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae
Hypernyms ("family Leptotyphlopidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "family Leptotyphlopidae"):
blind snake; worm snake (wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes)
genus Leptotyphlops; Leptotyphlops (blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas)
Holonyms ("family Leptotyphlopidae" is a member of...):
Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes (snakes)
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