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elapid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | elapid snake |
| Type of | snake, ophidian, serpent |
| Has types | copperhead, coral snake, death adder, denisonia superba, harlequin-snake, hemachatus haemachatus, krait, mamba, new world coral snake, notechis scutatus, old world coral snake, oxyuranus scutellatus, pseudechis porphyriacus, ringhals, rinkhals, tiger snake, australian blacksnake, cobra, taipan, acanthophis antarcticus, spitting snake |
Examples of elapid
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Sea snakes are members of the elapid family of snakes that also includes cobras, mambas and coral snakes.
From the sciencedaily.com
There are several venomous sea snakes and two species of venomous land snakes, in the elapid family.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The first volume contains species accounts of the venomous lizards and elapid and viperid snakes found north of Mexico's twenty-fifth parallel.
From the guardian.co.uk
Elapid snakes, like cobras and mambas and coral snakes, are at the other extreme, with prominent fangs at the front of their jaws that act like injection needles to deliver poisons.
From the scienceblogs.com
- Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
- The Elapidae (Greek u1F14u03BBu03BBu03BFu03C8 u00E9llops, "sea-fish") are a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, terrestrially in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, and South America, and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- Venomous snakes such as Cobras, Kraits, and Taipans. Have fixed front fangs and are normally neurotoxic.
