family colubridae

1. 1.

   nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species

   SynonymsColubridae

   Broaderreptile family

   Part ofSerpentes

Questions about family colubridae

What does family colubridae mean?

family colubridae means "nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species".

What is another word for family colubridae?

Close synonyms include Colubridae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family colubridae a common word?

family colubridae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.