Oxybelis
noun
Ox·yb·e·lis
äkˈsibələ̇s
: a genus of slender chiefly arboreal back-fanged snakes (family Colubridae) having slender pointed snouts and being widely distributed in tropical America with one species occurring as far north as Arizona
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek oxybelēs sharp-pointed, from oxy- oxy- + -belēs pointed, from belos arrow; akin to Greek ballein to throw