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GENUS ELAPHE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American rat snakes
Synonyms:
Elaphe; genus Elaphe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Elaphe" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Elaphe"):
corn snake; Elaphe guttata; red rat snake (large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms)
black rat snake; blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; mountain blacksnake; pilot blacksnake (large harmless shiny black North American snake)
chicken snake (large North American snake)
Holonyms ("genus Elaphe" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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