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GENUS DENDROASPIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mambas

Synonyms:

Dendraspis; Dendroaspis; genus Dendraspis; genus Dendroaspis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Dendroaspis" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dendroaspis"):

mamba (arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal)

Holonyms ("genus Dendroaspis" is a member of...):

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)

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