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GREEN SNAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
Synonyms:
grass snake; green snake
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("green snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "green snake"):
Opheodrys vernalis; smooth green snake (of western and central United States)
Opheodrys aestivus; rough green snake (of southern and eastern United States)
Holonyms ("green snake" is a member of...):
genus Opheodrys; Opheodrys (North American green snakes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of numerous African colubrid snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("green snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("green snake" is a member of...):
Chlorophis; genus Chlorophis (African green snakes)
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