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NATRIX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus

Synonyms:

genus Natrix; Natrix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Natrix"):

banded water snake; common water snake; Natrix sipedon; Nerodia sipedon (in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water)

water moccasin (any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters)

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

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

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