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Natrix

noun

water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus

• Syn: ↑genus Natrix

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Colubridae, ↑family Colubridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑common water snake, ↑banded water snake, ↑Natrix sipedon, ↑Nerodia sipedon, ↑water moccasin

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\\ˈnā.triks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, water snake — more at adder

: a large widely distributed genus of colubrid aquatic snakes that includes all the true water snakes of No. America

Useful english dictionary. 2012.