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noun
Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: colubrid snake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: snake, serpent, ophidian
Narrower terms: hoop snake, thunder snake, worm snake, Carphophis amoenus, ringneck snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake, hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper, leaf-nosed snake, green snake, grass snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake, rat snake, glossy snake, Arizona elegans, bull snake, bull-snake, king snake, kingsnake, garter snake, lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum, ground snake, Sonora semiannulata, eastern ground snake, Potamophis striatula, Haldea striatula, water snake, red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata, sand snake, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, night snake, Hypsiglena torquata, indigo snake, gopher snake, Drymarchon corais
History
From translingual Colubridae, from the genus translingual Coluber, from Latin coluber (“snake”).
Across languages
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