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elapid
el·a·pid E0065000 (ĕl′ə-pĭd)n. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae, such as the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes, having hollow, fixed fangs.
[From New Latin Elapidae, family name, from Late Greek elaps, elap-, fish, variant of Greek ellops.]
el′a·pid adj.elapid (ˈɛləpɪd) n (Animals) any venomous snake of the mostly tropical family Elapidae, having fixed poison fangs at the front of the upper jaw and including the cobras, coral snakes, and mambasadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Elapidae[C19: from New Latin Elapidae, from Medieval Greek elaps, elops a fish, sea serpent; perhaps related to Greek lepis scale]el•a•pid (ˈɛl ə pɪd)
n. any venomous snake of the family Elapidae, having erect fangs in the upper jaw and including coral snakes and cobras. [1880–85; < New Latin Elapidae=Elap-, s. of Elaps a genus (« Greek éllops a marine fish) + -idae -id2] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | elapid - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemisphereselapid snakeophidian, serpent, snake - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomousElapidae, family Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakesharlequin-snake, New World coral snake, coral snake - any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central Americacoral snake, Old World coral snake - any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and AustraliaDenisonia superba, copperhead - venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australiacobra - venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hoodHemachatus haemachatus, ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake - highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feetmamba - arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatalAcanthophis antarcticus, death adder - venomous Australian snake resembling an adderNotechis scutatus, tiger snake - highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and TasmaniaAustralian blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus - large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red bellykrait - brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsulaOxyuranus scutellatus, taipan - large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia |
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elapid [el´ah-pid] 1. pertaining to the members of a family of vipers" >pit vipers that includes the genera Micruroides and Micrurus.2. any of the members of this group.el·a·pid (el'ă-pid), Any member of the snake family Elapidae.elapid (ĕl′ə-pĭd)n. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae, such as the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes, having hollow, fixed fangs.
el′a·pid adj.elapid
Synonyms for elapidnoun any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheresSynonymsRelated Words- ophidian
- serpent
- snake
- Elapidae
- family Elapidae
- harlequin-snake
- New World coral snake
- coral snake
- Old World coral snake
- Denisonia superba
- copperhead
- cobra
- Hemachatus haemachatus
- ringhals
- rinkhals
- spitting snake
- mamba
- Acanthophis antarcticus
- death adder
- Notechis scutatus
- tiger snake
- Australian blacksnake
- Pseudechis porphyriacus
- krait
- Oxyuranus scutellatus
- taipan
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