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NIGHT SNAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
Hypsiglena torquata; night snake
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("night snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("night snake" is a member of...):
genus Hypsiglena; Hypsiglena (night snakes)