colubrid

American  

[kol-uh-brid, -yuh-] / ˈkɒl ə brɪd, -yə- /

noun

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 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.

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adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Colubridae.

colubrid British  

/ ˈkɒljʊbrɪd /

noun

1. any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubridae

Etymology

Origin of colubrid

1885–90; < New Latin Colubridae name of the family, equivalent to Colubr- (stem of Coluber a genus, Latin coluber snake) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

But now that the colubrid market is becoming popular in Asia, Layman said he can barely raise the Mexican black king snakes fast enough to keep up with demand.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2014

Duellman, W. E. 1958 A monographic study of the colubrid snake genus Leptodeira.

From Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Gunther by Duellman, William E.

A new genus of colubrid snake from the Upper Miocene of North America.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

Skull.—The skull is typically colubrid and shows no modifications.

From Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Gunther by Duellman, William E.

Male combat in American colubrid snakes with remarks on combat in other colubrid and elapid snakes.

From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.