GENUS ASPIDELAPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aspidelaps mean? 

• GENUS ASPIDELAPS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ASPIDELAPS has 1 sense:

1. African coral snakes

  Familiarity information: GENUS ASPIDELAPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ASPIDELAPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African coral snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aspidelaps; genus Aspidelaps

Hypernyms ("genus Aspidelaps" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aspidelaps"):

African coral snake; Aspidelaps lubricus (small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange)

Holonyms ("genus Aspidelaps" is a member of...):

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)