Colubridae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colubridae \Colubridae\ n.
     a broad family including only nonvenomous snakes, containing
     about two-thirds of all living species. It includes the
     bullsnakes, garter snakes, and water snakes as well as many
     other species.
  


     Syn: family {Colubridae}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Colubridae
       n : nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
           [syn: {family Colubridae}]