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GENUS POTAMOPHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Potamophis mean?
• GENUS POTAMOPHIS (noun)
The noun GENUS POTAMOPHIS has 1 sense:
1. ground snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS POTAMOPHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ground snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Potamophis; Potamophis
Hypernyms ("genus Potamophis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Potamophis"):
eastern ground snake; Haldea striatula; Potamophis striatula (in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America)
Holonyms ("genus Potamophis" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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