TANTILLA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Black-headed snakes

Synonyms:

genus Tantilla; Tantilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Tantilla"):

black-headed snake (small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina)

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

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