Oxybelis

noun

vine snakes

• Syn: ↑genus Oxybelis

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Colubridae, ↑family Colubridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑vine snake

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\\äkˈsibələ̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek oxybelēs sharp-pointed, from oxy- oxy- (I) + -belēs pointed, from belos arrow; akin to Greek ballein to throw — more at devil

: a genus of slender chiefly arboreal back-fanged snakes (family Colubridae) having slender pointed snouts and being widely distributed in tropical America with one species occurring as far north as Arizona