diadophis

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	ring snake, ring-necked snake, ringneck snake,
definition	:	any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	colubridae, family colubridae,
definition	:	nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species (noun.animal)