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colubrid

colubrid noun: any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.

colubrid: any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous
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Noun

colubrid (plural colubrids)

  1. Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.

colubrid meaning in Arabic

colubrid in Arabic

snake in the family Colubridae
مُعَطِّشَة muʕaṭṭiša

Forms of colubrid

pluralcolubrids

Origin of colubrid

From translingual Colubridae, from the genus translingual Coluber, from Latin coluber (“snake”).

Questions about colubrid

What does colubrid mean?
Colubrid means any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
What is colubrid in Arabic?
Colubrid in Arabic is مُعَطِّشَة (muʕaṭṭiša). See Colubrid meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is colubrid?
Colubrid is a noun.
What is the plural of colubrid?
The plural of colubrid is colubrids.

Words near colubrid in the dictionary

  1. coltskin
  2. coltskins
  3. coltstail
  4. colubrariid
  5. colubrariids
  6. colubrid
  7. colubrids
  8. colubriform
  9. colubriforms
  10. colubrine
  11. colubrine sea krait

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