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LEPTOTYPHLOPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leptotyphlops mean?
• LEPTOTYPHLOPS (noun)
The noun LEPTOTYPHLOPS has 1 sense:
1. blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas
Familiarity information: LEPTOTYPHLOPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Leptotyphlops; Leptotyphlops
Hypernyms ("Leptotyphlops" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Leptotyphlops"):
Leptotyphlops humilis; western blind snake (burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States)
Holonyms ("Leptotyphlops" is a member of...):
family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae (blind snakes)
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