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HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hypsiglena torquata mean?
• HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA (noun)
The noun HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA has 1 sense:
1. nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
Familiarity information: HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypsiglena torquata; night snake
Hypernyms ("Hypsiglena torquata" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("Hypsiglena torquata" is a member of...):
genus Hypsiglena; Hypsiglena (night snakes)
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