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GLOSSY SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glossy snake mean?
• GLOSSY SNAKE (noun)
The noun GLOSSY SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
Familiarity information: GLOSSY SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arizona elegans; glossy snake
Hypernyms ("glossy snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("glossy snake" is a member of...):
Arizona; genus Arizona (glossy snake)
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