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NOTECHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Notechis mean?
• NOTECHIS (noun)
The noun NOTECHIS has 1 sense:
1. tiger snakes
Familiarity information: NOTECHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tiger snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Notechis; Notechis
Hypernyms ("Notechis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Notechis"):
Notechis scutatus; tiger snake (highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania)
Holonyms ("Notechis" is a member of...):
Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)
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