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Meaning of "colubrid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLUBRID

From New Latin Colubridae, from Latin coluber snake.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COLUBRID

colubrid  [ˈkɒljʊbrɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLUBRID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colubrid can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COLUBRID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

colubrid

Colubridae

The Colubridae are a family of snakes. With 304 genera and 1,938 species, Colubridae is the largest snake family, and includes about two-thirds of all current snake species. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid species are found on every continent except Antarctica.

Definition of colubrid in the English dictionary

The definition of colubrid in the dictionary is any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types. Other definition of colubrid is of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubridae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLUBRID


Alfred
ˈælfrɪd
cybrid
ˈsaɪbrɪd
dihybrid
daɪˈhaɪbrɪd
grid
ɡrɪd
horrid
ˈhɒrɪd
hurried
ˈhʌrɪd
hybrid
ˈhaɪbrɪd
labrid
ˈlæbrɪd
Madrid
məˈdrɪd
married
ˈmærɪd
monohybrid
ˌmɒnəʊˈhaɪbrɪd
polybrid
ˈpɒlɪˌbrɪd
polyhybrid
ˌpɒlɪˈhaɪbrɪd
rid
rɪd
sacred
ˈseɪkrɪd
scabrid
ˈskæbrɪd
scombrid
ˈskɒmbrɪd
trihybrid
traɪˈhaɪbrɪd
varied
ˈvɛərɪd
worried
ˈwʌrɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLUBRID

coltsfoot
coltwood
colubriad
colubriform
colubrine
colugo
Colum
Columba
Columbae
columbaria
columbarium
columbary
columbate
Columbia
Columbian
columbic
columbine
columbite
columbium
columbous

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLUBRID

acrid
arid
chlorid
control grid
florid
graft hybrid
jerid
lurid
marid
multigrid
murid
national grid
off-grid
off the grid
putrid
semiarid
starting grid
the grid
torrid
Wilfrid

Synonyms and antonyms of colubrid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «colubrid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLUBRID

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异色
1,325 millions of speakers

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colubrid
570 millions of speakers

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colubrid
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Translator English - Hindi

colubrid
380 millions of speakers
ar

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حنش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

colubrid
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colubrid
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Translator English - Bengali

colubrid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colubridé
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Colubrid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

colubrid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

colubrid
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Translator English - Korean

colubrid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Colubrid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

colubrid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

colubrid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉल्युब्रिड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

colubrid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colubrid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

połozowate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

colubrid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colubrid
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

colubrid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

colubrid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

colubrid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

colubrid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colubrid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUBRID»

The term «colubrid» is normally little used and occupies the 125.995 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUBRID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colubrid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLUBRID»

Discover the use of colubrid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colubrid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Monograph of the Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Elaphe Fitzinger
General overview and species accounts of Elaphe, including species placed by others in the genera Bogertophis, Gonyosoma, and Senticolis
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Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles
systems, it is misleading to compare these with colubrid toxins. For example, the specificity and ontogenetic nature of the acetylcholine receptor (AchR) subunit composition at the murine motor end plate dictate the action of waglerin 1 from ...
Stephen P. Mackessy, 2009
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Principles and Methods of Toxicology, Fifth Edition
Studies of the venom of the Rufous beaked snake (Rhamphiophis oxyrhyncus), a relatively small South African colubrid of the subfamily Psammophiine, revealed a high protein fraction with phospholipase A, activity and in animal nerve ...
A. Wallace Hayes, 2007
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Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, ...
Case reports suggest that local tissue reaction may result from envenomations by some colubrid snakes in the following colubrid genera from North and Central America: Alsophis, Conophis, Coniophanes, Crisantophis, Dryophiops, ...
Donald G. Barceloux, 2012
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"Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes: A Critical ...
A. Summary. of. the. Toxinology. of. Duvernoy's. Secretions: A. Brief. Overview. of. the. History. of. Colubrid. Oral. Secretion. Research. 3. The formal scientific study of snake venoms has been a quiet but reasonably steady endeavor since the ...
Julian White, Daniel E. Keyler, 2011
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Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology
See also The Colour Index. colubrid. la: pertaining to or denoting the family Colubridae. Ib: any snake of the family Colu- bridae. See colubrine, colubriform. colubrid snake. any snake of the family Colubridae. Cf. colubrid. colubrid venom  ...
Robert Alan Lewis, 1998
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Venomous Snakes of the World
Those species that have caused serious snakebites are contained in the largest three colubrid subfamilies, the cosmopolitan Colubrinae and Natricinae, and the American Xenodontinae. Some authors now elevate the freshwater keelback ...
Mark O'Shea, 2008
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Phylogenetic Biology of the Burrowing Snake Tribe Sonorini ...
Calif. Acad. Sci. 69:118-120. Wilson, L. D. 1976. Variation in the South American colubrid snake Tantilla semicincta (Dumeril, Bibron, and Dumeril), with comments on pattern dimorphism. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 75:42-48. Wilson, L. D. 1982.
Peter Alfred Holm, 2008
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Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology: Volume 2: ...
Colubrid snakes (Colubridae) Family Colubridae comprises a diverse assemblage of over 1850 snake species, with some recent taxonomic work indicating that the family could be split into an array of further families [231, 232]. The majority of ...
Andreas Luch, 2010
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Biology of Amphibians
The colubrid Diadophis punctatus and various species of Thamnophis prey on plethodontid salamanders, and the semiaquatic natricines Natrix, Nerodia, and Thamnophis prey on frogs. The aquatic colubrid Farancia abacura feeds almost ...
William E. Duellman, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLUBRID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colubrid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Graphic video: Brown tree snake undergoes surgery to remove car …
... for North Queensland Wildlife Care and said it was a mystery as to why the rear-fanged colubrid snake swallowed the rubber bush. «Courier Mail, May 15»
2
New Species of Wolf Snake Discovered in India
Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. The name Lycodon means wolf and teeth, referring to the fang-like ... «The Epoch Times, Oct 14»
3
Huge Florida reptile farm supplies snakes globally
But now that the colubrid market is becoming popular in Asia, Layman said he can barely raise the Mexican black king snakes fast enough to ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 14»
4
A Survival Guide to Snakes in the Classroom.
... in the classroom. It will definitely be a tougher sell in public schools, but as you know the bites from a small colubrid are so negligible. Reply ... «PLoS Blogs, Feb 14»
5
Monster Snakes Threaten Ecosystem and Humans in Florida
The African rock python is now one of three invasive large colubrid snakes that are populating south Florida. Wildlife officials and researchers ... «Guardian Express, Dec 13»
6
Why do snakes flick their tongues? (Hint: it's not just about smelling).
To describe the overall kinematics of tongue-flicking in the colubrid snake Nerodia fasciata and to test predictions on the function of oscillatory ... «Discover Magazine, Nov 13»
7
Natural Observations–Snakes in Alaska?
“The Garter snake is a Colubrid snake genus common across North America, ranging from Alaska and Canada to Central America. It is the ... «KTNA, Sep 13»
8
What's better than a cool dip on a hot day?
There, curled up under the plant's stems, was a big, fat, garter snake, technically called a colubrid snake genus (Thamnophis). Through my ... «Beach Metro News, Sep 13»
9
It's high time you were told about Psammodromus
... bigger prey (Arnold 1987). The colubrid snake Coronella girondica is a documented predator of Psammodromus (Pérez-Mellado et al. 1997). «Scientific American, Jul 13»
10
Cool weekend hike to Angel Falls
In the forest lives the mussurana or musurana—colubrid snakes found in Central America and South America and some Caribbean islands. «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Apr 13»

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