单词 | colubrid |
释义 | colubrid /kol"euh brid, -yeuh-/, n. 1. any of numerous, typically harmless snakes constituting the family Colubridae, having no vestigial limbs, a scale-covered head and body with a mostly bare face, and belly scales usually as wide as the body, including garter snakes, bull snakes, water snakes, racers, vine and tree snakes, and other temperate-to-tropical species, comprising about two-thirds of all living snakes. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Colubridae. [1885-90; < NL Colubridae name of the family, equiv. to Colubr- (s. of Coluber a genus, L coluber snake) + -idae -ID2] |
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