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CARPHOPHIS AMOENUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Carphophis amoenus mean?
• CARPHOPHIS AMOENUS (noun)
The noun CARPHOPHIS AMOENUS has 1 sense:
1. small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
Familiarity information: CARPHOPHIS AMOENUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carphophis amoenus; thunder snake; worm snake
Hypernyms ("Carphophis amoenus" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("Carphophis amoenus" is a member of...):
Carphophis; genus Carphophis (thunder snake)
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