COLUBRID

Meaning of COLUBRID in English

[ 'kɒljʊbrɪd ]

■ noun Zoology a snake of a very large family (Colubridae) which includes the majority of harmless species, such as grass snakes.

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COLUBRID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin colubra snake Date: 1887 any of a large cosmopolitan family (Colubridae) of chiefly nonvenomous snakes, …
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COLUBRID — I. -brə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Colubridae : of or relating to Colubridae or to a snake of this family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLUBRID — /kol"euh brid, -yeuh-/ , n. 1. any of numerous, typically harmless snakes constituting the family Colubridae, having no vestigial limbs, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLUBRID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin colubra snake Date: 1887 : any of a large cosmopolitan family (Colubridae) of chiefly nonvenomous …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLUBRID — [col.u.brid] n [ultim. fr. L colubra snake] (1887): any of a large cosmopolitan family (Colubridae) of chiefly nonvenomous snakes -- …
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COLUBRID — any member of the most common family of snakes, Colubridae, characterized by complete absence of hindlimbs, absence of the left …
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Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COLUBRID — n. Pronunciation: ' käl-y ə -br ə d, ' kä-l ə - Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin colubra snake …
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WORM SNAKE — noun Date: 1885 a small terrestrial colubrid snake ( Carphophis amoenus ) of the eastern United States that is dark …
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WATER MOCCASIN — noun Date: circa 1821 a venomous semiaquatic pit viper ( Agkistrodon piscivorus ) chiefly of the southeastern United States that …
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RAT SNAKE — noun Date: 1860 any of various large harmless chiefly rat-eating colubrid snakes (especially genus Elaphe )
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RACER — noun Date: 1648 one that races or is used for racing, any of various active American colubrid snakes (genus Coluber …
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PINE SNAKE — noun Date: 1791 a large constricting colubrid snake ( Pituophis melanoleucus ) that is typically white and black and occurs …
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MILK SNAKE — noun Date: 1800 a common harmless grayish or tan American colubrid snake ( Lampropeltis triangulum ) having an arrow-shaped occipital …
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KING SNAKE — noun Date: 1709 any of numerous brightly marked colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis ) chiefly of North and Central America
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INDIGO SNAKE — noun Date: circa 1885 a very large blue-black or brownish colubrid snake ( Drymarchon corais ) of the southeastern United …
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HOGNOSE SNAKE — noun Date: 1736 any of a genus ( Heterodon ) of rather small harmless stout-bodied North American colubrid snakes with …
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GREEN SNAKE — noun Date: 1709 either of two bright green harmless largely insectivorous North American colubrid snakes ( Opheodrys vernalis and O. …
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COLUBRINE — adjective Date: circa 1528 of, relating to, or resembling a snake, of or relating to colubrids ; colubrid
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BULL SNAKE — noun Date: 1784 any of several large harmless constricting colubrid snakes (genus Pituophis ) especially of the central and western …
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BROWN TREE SNAKE — noun Date: 1947 a large venomous arboreal colubrid snake ( Boiga irregularis ) of northern Australia, New Guinea, and the …
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BLUE RACER — noun Date: 1886 a blue or greenish-blue colubrid snake ( Coluber constrictor foxii ) occurring chiefly from southern Ontario to …
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BLACK RACER — noun Date: 1836 either of two common black colubrid snakes of the U.S.:, a snake ( Coluber constrictor constrictor ) …
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ZAMENIS — ˈzamənə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek zamenēs mighty, raging, from za-, intensive prefix + -menēs (from …
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WOLF SNAKE — noun : any of various harmless colubrid snakes having elongated teeth: as a. : cape wolf snake b. : any …
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THUNDER SNAKE — noun 1. : milk snake ; also : any of various closely related snakes 2. : a reddish colubrid ground …
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THAMNOPHIS — ˈthamnəfə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from thamn- + -ophis : a genus of American colubrid snakes comprising the …
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STORERIA — stəˈrirēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from David H. Storer died 1891 American obstetrician and naturalist + New Latin …
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SMOOTH SNAKE — noun : a harmless European colubrid snake ( Coronella austriaca ) with smooth glossy scales
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GREEN SNAKE — noun 1. : either of two bright green harmless largely insectivorous No. American colubrid snakes: a. : smooth green snake …
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CHICKEN SNAKE — noun 1. : any of a number of large harmless No. American colubrid snakes (genus Elaphe ) — called also …
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BLACK SNAKE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several snakes predominantly dark or black in color: as a. : a widely distributed …
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