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LAMPROPELTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lampropeltis mean? 

LAMPROPELTIS (noun)
  The noun LAMPROPELTIS has 1 sense:

1. king snakes and milk snakesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LAMPROPELTIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

King snakes and milk snakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lampropeltis; Lampropeltis

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Lampropeltis"):

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

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

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


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