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elapid

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elapid /el·a·pid/ (el´ah-pid)
1. any snake of the family Elapidae.
2. of or pertaining to the family Elapidae.

elapid
[el′äpid]
1  adj, pertaining to the members of a family of pit vipers that includes the genera Micruroides and Micrurus..
2  n, any of the members of this group.

elapid [el´ah-pid]
1. pertaining to the members of a family of pit vipers that includes the genera Micruroides and Micrurus.
2. any of the members of this group.

elapid
see elapine.


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Family: Elapidae The elapid family: poisonous snakes with round pupils, fast-acting neurotoxic venom and a pair of short, fixed fangs in the front of the upper jaw.
 
 
 
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