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POTAMOPHIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Ground snakes

Synonyms:

genus Potamophis; Potamophis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Potamophis"):

eastern ground snake; Haldea striatula; Potamophis striatula (in some classifications placed in genus Haldea; small reddish-grey snake of eastern North America)

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

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

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