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GENUS OXYBELIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oxybelis mean?
• GENUS OXYBELIS (noun)
The noun GENUS OXYBELIS has 1 sense:
1. vine snakes
Familiarity information: GENUS OXYBELIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vine snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Oxybelis; Oxybelis
Hypernyms ("genus Oxybelis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Oxybelis"):
vine snake (slender arboreal snake found from southern Arizona to Bolivia)
Holonyms ("genus Oxybelis" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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