adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of these snakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
elapid
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/əˈlæ.pɪd/
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/ˈɛl.ə.pɪd/
noun
Meaning 2
A snake of the family Elapidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elapid snake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: snake, serpent, ophidian
Narrower terms: coral snake, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake, Old World coral snake, copperhead, Denisonia superba, cobra, ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, mamba, death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus, tiger snake, Notechis scutatus, Australian blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, krait, taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus
History
Etymology
From translingual Elapidae.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: myrkkytarhakäärme — Translations
- Italian: elapide — Translations
- Russian: аспид (aspid) — Translations