colubrid vs leaf-nosed snake

leaf-nosed snake vs colubrid

colubrid and leaf-nosed snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid	Yes	No	No	No
leaf-nosed snake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, leaf-nosed snake is a hyponym of colubrid; that is, leaf-nosed snake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colubrid:

colubrid: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
leaf-nosed snake: any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America

Other hyponyms of colubrid include hoop snake, Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake, worm snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake, ringneck snake, hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper, grass snake, green snake, green snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake, rat snake, Arizona elegans, glossy snake, bull-snake, bull snake, king snake, kingsnake, garter snake, grass snake, lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum, ground snake, Sonora semiannulata, eastern ground snake, Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula, water snake, red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata, sand snake, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, night snake, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid (noun)	leaf-nosed snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America

Difference between colubrid and leaf-nosed snake

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.