Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colubrid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: col-u-brid
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.

Etymology

From translingual Colubridae, from the genus translingual Coluber, from Latin coluber (“snake”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Colubridae, Coluber

Inflected Forms

colubrids (plural)

Synonyms

colubrid snake

Questions

What does colubrid mean?: Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
Where does colubrid come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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