GENUS LAMPROPELTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lampropeltis mean? 

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

1. king snakes and milk snakes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LAMPROPELTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King snakes and milk snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lampropeltis; Lampropeltis

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lampropeltis"):

king snake; kingsnake (any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals)

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

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