Hypernyms for "elapid"
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Acanthophis antarcticus
Australian blacksnake
cobra
copperhead
coral snake
death adder
Denisonia superba
harlequin-snake
Hemachatus haemachatus
krait
mamba
New World coral snake
Notechis scutatus
Old World coral snake
Oxyuranus scutellatus
Pseudechis porphyriacus
ringhals
rinkhals
spitting snake
taipan
tiger snake
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.