elapid

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English

An elapid, Hemachatus haemachatus

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Noun

elapid (plural elapids)

  1. (zoology) Any of many species of snakes of the family Elapidae, including the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes

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Adjective

elapid (comparative more elapid, superlative most elapid)

  1. Characteristic of these snakes.

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