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THUNDER SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thunder snake mean?
• THUNDER SNAKE (noun)
The noun THUNDER SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
Familiarity information: THUNDER SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carphophis amoenus; thunder snake; worm snake
Hypernyms ("thunder snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Holonyms ("thunder snake" is a member of...):
Carphophis; genus Carphophis (thunder snake)
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