colubrid

colubrid
col·u·brid

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  • colubrid — n. any member of a large family ({Colubridae}) of mostly harmless temperate to tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes. Syn: colubrid snake. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • colubrid — [käl′yo͞o brid΄] n. any of a large, worldwide family (Colubridae) of generally nonpoisonous snakes, including garter snakes, racers, and kingsnakes adj. of or having to do with this family …   English World dictionary

  • Colubrid — Colubridae Temporal range: Oligocene to Recent Caspian whipsnake, Coluber caspius Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • colubrid — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin colubra snake Date: 1887 any of a large cosmopolitan family (Colubridae) of chiefly nonvenomous snakes • colubrid adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • colubrid — /kol euh brid, yeuh /, n. 1. any of numerous, typically harmless snakes constituting the family Colubridae, having no vestigial limbs, a scale covered head and body with a mostly bare face, and belly scales usually as wide as the body, including… …   Universalium

  • colubrid — noun mostly harmless temperate to tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes • Syn: ↑colubrid snake • Hypernyms: ↑snake, ↑serpent, ↑ophidian • Hyponyms: ↑hoop snake, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • colubrid snake — colubrid (def. 1) …   Medical dictionary

  • colubrid snake — noun mostly harmless temperate to tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes • Syn: ↑colubrid • Hypernyms: ↑snake, ↑serpent, ↑ophidian • Hyponyms: ↑hoop snake, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • colubrid — noun Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous …   Wiktionary

  • colubrid — col·u·brid (kolґu brid) 1. any snake of the family Colubridae. 2. of or pertaining to the family Colubridae …   Medical dictionary

  • colubrid — [ kɒljʊbrɪd] noun Zoology a snake of a very large family (Colubridae) which includes the majority of harmless species, such as grass snakes …   English new terms dictionary

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