colubrid snake vs glossy snake

glossy snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and glossy snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid snake	Yes	No	No	No
glossy snake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, glossy snake is a hyponym of colubrid snake; that is, glossy 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
glossy snake: nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales

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, 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 snake (noun)	glossy snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales

Difference between colubrid snake and glossy snake

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