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DENDROASPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendroaspis mean?
• DENDROASPIS (noun)
The noun DENDROASPIS has 1 sense:
1. mambas
Familiarity information: DENDROASPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mambas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dendraspis; Dendroaspis; genus Dendraspis; genus Dendroaspis
Hypernyms ("Dendroaspis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Dendroaspis"):
mamba (arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal)
Holonyms ("Dendroaspis" is a member of...):
Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)
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