GENUS LEPTOTYPHLOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leptotyphlops mean? 

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

1. blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LEPTOTYPHLOPS (noun)

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Meaning:

Blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Leptotyphlops; Leptotyphlops

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leptotyphlops"):

Leptotyphlops humilis; western blind snake (burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States)

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

family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae (blind snakes)