Elapidae

noun

cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes

• Syn: ↑family Elapidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Serpentes, ↑suborder Serpentes, ↑Ophidia, ↑suborder Ophidia

• Member Meronyms:

↑elapid, ↑elapid snake, ↑Micrurus, ↑genus Micrurus, ↑Micruroides, ↑genus Micruroides, ↑Calliophis, ↑genus Calliophis, ↑Callophis, ↑genus Callophis, ↑Aspidelaps, ↑genus Aspidelaps, ↑Rhynchoelaps, ↑genus Rhynchoelaps, ↑Denisonia, ↑genus Denisonia, ↑Naja, ↑genus Naja, ↑Ophiophagus, ↑genus Ophiophagus, ↑Hemachatus, ↑genus Hemachatus, ↑Dendroaspis, ↑genus Dendroaspis, ↑Dendraspis, ↑genus Dendraspis, ↑Acanthophis, ↑genus Acanthophis, ↑Notechis, ↑genus Notechis, ↑Pseudechis, ↑genus Pseudechis, ↑Bungarus, ↑genus Bungarus, ↑Oxyuranus, ↑genus Oxyuranus

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\\ə̇ˈlapəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Elap-, Elaps, type genus + -idae

: a family of front-fanged venomous snakes found in the warmer parts of both hemispheres and including the cobras and mambas, the coral snakes of the New World, and the majority of Australian snakes (as the death adder, black snake, and tiger snake) — see elapinae