colubrid snake vs hoop snake

hoop snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and hoop snake both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hoop snake is a hyponym of colubrid snake; that is, hoop 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
hoop snake: any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop

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

colubrid snake (noun)	hoop snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop

Difference between colubrid snake and hoop snake

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