noun
small North American burrowing snake
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Hyponyms: ↑banded sand snake, ↑Chilomeniscus cinctus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chilomeniscus, ↑genus Chilomeniscus
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noun1. : sand boa
2. : any snake of an Old World boigid genus (Psammophis) with large eyes and variable color pattern common in sandy areas of northern Africa and Asia
3. : any of a genus (Chilomeniscus) of small No. American colubrid burrowing snakes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.