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GENUS PHYLLORHYNCHUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Leaf-nosed snakes

Synonyms:

genus Phyllorhynchus; Phyllorhynchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phyllorhynchus"):

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

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

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

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