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| el·a·pid [ élləpid ] (plural el·a·pids) |
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poisonous snake: a venomous snake with short fangs at the front of the upper jaw, e.g. a cobra, coral snake, or mamba. Family Elapidae.
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Elapidae< Greek elaps, variant of el(l)ops, kind of fish and sea serpent] |
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  el·a·pid adjective |
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