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colubrid

col·u·brid [ kólləbrid ] (plural col·u·brid or col·u·brids)


noun 
Definition:
 
type of snake: a snake belonging to a family of mostly nonvenomous snakes. King snakes, garter snakes, and water snakes are colubrids. Family Colubridae.

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin Colubridae< Latin colubrid-, stem of coluber "snake"]
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