elaphe

English Thesaurus

1. North American rat snakes (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	corn snake, elaphe guttata, red rat snake,
definition	:	large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	black rat snake, blacksnake, elaphe obsoleta, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake,
definition	:	large harmless shiny black North American snake (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	chicken snake,
definition	:	large North American snake (noun.animal)

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