GENUS NATRIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Natrix mean? 

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

1. water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NATRIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Natrix; Natrix

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Natrix"):

banded water snake; common water snake; Natrix sipedon; Nerodia sipedon (in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water)

water moccasin (any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters)

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

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