any of various greyish snakes; esp. the venomous Hemiaspis damelii (family Elapidae) of Queensland, Australia.
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释义 | the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of (18) grey snake1703 any of various greyish snakes; esp. the venomous Hemiaspis damelii (family Elapidae) of Queensland, Australia. garter-snake1775 (a) U.S. the name of various grass- or ribbon-snakes of the genus Eutænia; (b) South African the name of various banded snakes, as Elaps lacteus. boomslang1793 The tree-snake Dispholidus typus. scarlet snake1842 a name applied to two colubriform snakes of tropical America (see quot.). blunt head1869 a snake belonging to the family Amblycephalidæ. tiger-snake1869 (a) a venomous Australian snake, of the elapid genus Notechis, esp. N. scutatus; in Tasmania also called carpet-snake; (b) a slightly venomous… house snake1870 spec. Any of several small, non-venomous African colubrid snakes of the genus Lamprophis (formerly Boaedon). Also with distinguishing word. ground-snake1885 (see quots.). lycodont1887 A snake of the family Lycodontidæ, having caniniform teeth. mole snake1893 either of two brownish non-venomous colubrid snakes that burrow underground or inhabit abandoned burrows: (a) Pseudaspis cana, a large snake of… sling-snake1895 a name given to a genus of snakes belonging to the Colubrine group of the Colubridæ. file snake1912 a non-poisonous colubrid snake of the genus Mehelya, found in South Africa. mussurana1914 A large black colubrid snake of tropical America, Clelia clelia, which feeds on other snakes, being immune to their venom. Subcategories:— member of genus Masticophis (5) |
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