Associations to the word «Lampropeltis»

Wiktionary

LAMPROPELTIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae   — kingsnake.
LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae   — milk snake.

Dictionary definition

LAMPROPELTIS, noun. King snakes and milk snakes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats