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GENUS TANTILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tantilla mean?
• GENUS TANTILLA (noun)
The noun GENUS TANTILLA has 1 sense:
1. black-headed snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS TANTILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black-headed snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tantilla; Tantilla
Hypernyms ("genus Tantilla" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tantilla"):
black-headed snake (small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina)
Holonyms ("genus Tantilla" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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