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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024col•u•brid (kol′ə brid, -yə-),USA pronunciation n. - Reptilesany 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. - Reptilesbelonging or pertaining to the Colubridae.
- Neo-Latin Colubridae name of the family, equivalent. to Colubr- (stem of Coluber a genus, Latin coluber snake) + -idae -id2
- 1885–90
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