elapid

el·a·pid  (l-pd)

n.

Any of several venomous snakes of the family Elapidae, which includes the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes.

adj.

Of or belonging to the family Elapidae.

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[From New Latin Elapidae, family name, from Late Greek elaps, elap-, fish, variant of Greek ellops.]

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elapid [ˈɛləpɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any venomous snake of the mostly tropical family Elapidae, having fixed poison fangs at the front of the upper jaw and including the cobras, coral snakes, and mambas

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Elapidae

[from New Latin Elapidae, from Medieval Greek elaps, elops a fish, sea serpent; perhaps related to Greek lepis scale]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

elapid - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres elapid snake ophidian, serpent, snake - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous Elapidae, family Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes harlequin-snake, New World coral snake, coral snake - any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America coral snake, Old World coral snake - any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia Denisonia superba, copperhead - venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia cobra - venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood Hemachatus haemachatus, ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake - highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet mamba - arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal Acanthophis antarcticus, death adder - venomous Australian snake resembling an adder Notechis scutatus, tiger snake - highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania Australian blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus - large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly krait - brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula Oxyuranus scutellatus, taipan - large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia