colubrid snake vs black-headed snake

black-headed snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and black-headed snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid snake	Yes	No	No	No
black-headed snake	Yes	No	No	No

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

colubrid snake: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
black-headed snake: small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina

Other hyponyms of colubrid snake 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, 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, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, night snake, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid snake (noun)	black-headed snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina

Difference between colubrid snake and black-headed snake

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