colubrid vs whipsnake

whipsnake vs colubrid

colubrid and whipsnake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid	Yes	No	No	No
whipsnake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, whipsnake is a hyponym of colubrid; that is, whipsnake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colubrid:

colubrid: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
whipsnake: any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

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, leaf-nosed snake, grass snake, green snake, green snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, 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)	whipsnake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

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