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GENUS LAMPROPELTIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

King snakes and milk snakes

Synonyms:

genus Lampropeltis; Lampropeltis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lampropeltis"):

king snake; kingsnake (any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals)

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

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

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