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GENUS OPHEODRYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Opheodrys mean?
• GENUS OPHEODRYS (noun)
The noun GENUS OPHEODRYS has 1 sense:
1. North American green snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS OPHEODRYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American green snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Opheodrys; Opheodrys
Hypernyms ("genus Opheodrys" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Opheodrys"):
grass snake; green snake (either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color)
Holonyms ("genus Opheodrys" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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