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GENUS HYPSIGLENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hypsiglena mean? 

GENUS HYPSIGLENA (noun)
  The noun GENUS HYPSIGLENA has 1 sense:

1. night snakesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS HYPSIGLENA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Night snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hypsiglena; Hypsiglena

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hypsiglena"):

Hypsiglena torquata; night snake (nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico)

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

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


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