[el-uh-pid] 
| 1. | any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes. |
| 2. | belonging or pertaining to the Elapidae. |
| el·a·pid (ěl'ə-pĭd) n. Any of several venomous snakes of the family Elapidae, which includes the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes. adj. Of or belonging to the family Elapidae. [From New Latin Elapidae, family name, from Late Greek elaps, elap-, fish, variant of Greek ellops.] |