ELAPID


Meaning of ELAPID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-lə-pəd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Elap-, Elaps, genus of snakes, from Middle Greek, a fish, alteration of Greek elops

Date: 1885

: any of a family (Elapidae) of venomous snakes (as the cobras and coral snakes) with hollow fangs

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