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LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Blind snakes

Synonyms:

family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Leptotyphlopidae"):

blind snake; worm snake (wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes)

genus Leptotyphlops; Leptotyphlops (blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas)

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

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

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