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red-bellied black snake

red-bellied black snake noun: a snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, of eastern Australia.

red-bellied black snake: a snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, of eastern Australia
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Noun

red-bellied black snake (plural red-bellied black snakes)

  1. A snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, of eastern Australia.
    • A red-bellied black snake moves through her mind, sliding through the grass.2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 99

Forms of red-bellied black snake

pluralred-bellied black snakes

Questions about red-bellied black snake

What does red-bellied black snake mean?
Red-bellied black snake means a snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, of eastern Australia.
What part of speech is red-bellied black snake?
Red-bellied black snake is a noun.
What is the plural of red-bellied black snake?
The plural of red-bellied black snake is red-bellied black snakes.

Words near red-bellied black snake in the dictionary

  1. red-baiters
  2. red-baiting
  3. red-baits
  4. red-banded sand wasp
  5. red-banded sand wasps
  6. red-bellied black snake
  7. red-bellied black snakes
  8. red-bellied piranha
  9. red-bellied piranhas
  10. red-bellied titi
  11. red-bellied titis

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