GENUS ELAPHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elaphe mean? 

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

1. North American rat snakes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ELAPHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American rat snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Elaphe; genus Elaphe

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Elaphe"):

corn snake; Elaphe guttata; red rat snake (large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms)

black rat snake; blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; mountain blacksnake; pilot blacksnake (large harmless shiny black North American snake)

chicken snake (large North American snake)

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

Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)