PHYLLORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phyllorhynchus mean? 

• PHYLLORHYNCHUS (noun)
  The noun PHYLLORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:

1. leaf-nosed snakes

  Familiarity information: PHYLLORHYNCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLLORHYNCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf-nosed snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phyllorhynchus; Phyllorhynchus

Hypernyms ("Phyllorhynchus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Phyllorhynchus"):

leaf-nosed snake (any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America)

Holonyms ("Phyllorhynchus" is a member of...):

Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)