Dasypeltidae
plural noun
Das·y·pel·ti·dae
ˌdasəˈpeltəˌdē
: an African family of egg-eating snakes containing a single species (Dasypeltis scaber) having the hypapophyses of the cervical vertebra extending into the esophagus where they form a rasp used in breaking eggshells see elachistodontidae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Dasypeltis, type genus (from dasy- + Greek peltē small shield) + -idae