GENUS CHLOROPHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chlorophis mean? 

• GENUS CHLOROPHIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CHLOROPHIS has 1 sense:

1. African green snakes

  Familiarity information: GENUS CHLOROPHIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CHLOROPHIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African green snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chlorophis; genus Chlorophis

Hypernyms ("genus Chlorophis" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chlorophis"):

green snake (any of numerous African colubrid snakes)

Holonyms ("genus Chlorophis" is a member of...):

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