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TROPIDOCLONION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lined snakes

Synonyms:

genus Tropidoclonion; Tropidoclonion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Tropidoclonion"):

lined snake; Tropidoclonion lineatum (secretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woods; feeds on earthworms; of central United States)

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

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

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