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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 snakes
Familiarity information: LAMPROPELTIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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