colubrid snake vs night snake

night snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and night snake both are nouns.

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

As nouns, night snake is a hyponym of colubrid snake; that is, night 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
night snake: nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico

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, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid snake (noun)	night snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	nocturnal prowler of western United States and Mexico

Difference between colubrid snake and night snake

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