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bo·i·gi·dae
\bōˈijə̇ˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Boiga, type genus + -idae
: a widely distributed family (type genus Boiga) consisting of somewhat venomous opisthoglyph snakes of which a few (as the African boomslang) are dangerous to man and being sometimes considered a subfamily of Colubridae — see cat snake |