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NATRIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Natrix mean?
• NATRIX (noun)
The noun NATRIX has 1 sense:
1. water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus
Familiarity information: NATRIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Natrix; Natrix
Hypernyms ("Natrix" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Natrix"):
banded water snake; common water snake; Natrix sipedon; Nerodia sipedon (in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water)
water moccasin (any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters)
Holonyms ("Natrix" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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