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GENUS PITUOPHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pituophis mean?
• GENUS PITUOPHIS (noun)
The noun GENUS PITUOPHIS has 1 sense:
1. bull snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS PITUOPHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bull snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pituophis; Pituophis
Hypernyms ("genus Pituophis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pituophis"):
bull-snake; bull snake (any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes)
Holonyms ("genus Pituophis" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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