What does "colubrid" mean?

Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.

What is a synonym for "colubrid"?

Common synonyms include: colubrid snake, colubrid reptile, colubrine, garters, serpent.

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1
Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
2
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes wordnet

"It's not a viper, but a colubrid."

From translingual Colubridae, from the genus translingual Coluber, from Latin coluber (“snake”).