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BOIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Boas and pythons

Synonyms:

Boidae; family Boidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Boidae"):

boa (any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs)

Charina; genus Charina; genus Lichanura; Lichanura (boas of western North America)

Eunectes; genus Eunectes (anacondas)

Pythoninae; subfamily Pythoninae (Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae)

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

Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes (snakes)

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