- colubrid
- col·u·brid (kolґu-brid) 1. any snake of the family Colubridae. 2. of or pertaining to the family Colubridae.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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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 — [ 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
