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THAMNOPHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Thamnophis mean?
• THAMNOPHIS (noun)
The noun THAMNOPHIS has 1 sense:
1. garter snakes
Familiarity information: THAMNOPHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Garter snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Thamnophis; Thamnophis
Hypernyms ("Thamnophis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Thamnophis"):
garter snake; grass snake (any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes)
Holonyms ("Thamnophis" is a member of...):
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
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