subfamily Pythoninae

subfamily Pythoninae
noun
Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae
Syn: ↑Pythoninae
Hypernyms: ↑reptile family
Member Holonyms: ↑Boidae, ↑family Boidae
Member Meronyms: ↑python, ↑genus Python

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