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LEAF-NOSED SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leaf-nosed snake mean?
• LEAF-NOSED SNAKE (noun)
The noun LEAF-NOSED SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
Familiarity information: LEAF-NOSED SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("leaf-nosed snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("leaf-nosed snake" is a member of...):
genus Phyllorhynchus; Phyllorhynchus (leaf-nosed snakes)
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