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TOW-HEADED SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tow-headed snake mean?
• TOW-HEADED SNAKE (noun)
The noun TOW-HEADED SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
Familiarity information: TOW-HEADED SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Charina bottae; rubber boa; tow-headed snake
Hypernyms ("tow-headed snake" is a kind of...):
boa (any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs)
Holonyms ("tow-headed snake" is a member of...):
Charina; genus Charina (boas of western North America)
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