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colubrid
[ kol-uh-brid, -yuh- ]
noun
- 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 garter snakes, bull snakes, water snakes, racers, vine and tree snakes, and other temperate-to-tropical species, comprising about two-thirds of all living snakes.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Colubridae.
colubrid
/ ˈkɒljʊbrɪd /
noun
- any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubridae
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of colubrid1
C19: from New Latin Colubridae, from Latin coluber snake
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Example Sentences
The Mexican snakes of the genera Sonora and Chionactis, with notes on the status of other colubrid genera.
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Notes on the variation in and distribution of the Mexican colubrid snake Coniophanes lateritius.
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The systematic status of the colubrid snake, Leptodeiradiscolor Gnther.
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The food of some colubrid snakes from Fort Benning, Georgia.
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They conduct to the terrene genera of the great family Colubrid.
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