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Definition of Genus nerodia

1. Noun. North American water snakes.

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Literary usage of Genus nerodia

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1. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"... The genus nerodia — Water Snakes — has the body generally stout, tail one fourth or fifth the total length, and the scales carinated. ..."

2. Pamphlets: Natural History (1872)
"... genus nerodia, BAIRD & GIRARD. GEN. CHAR. Body generally stout, and almost all the species attaining a large size. Tail one-fifth or one-fourth of the ..."

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