a. and sb. Zool. [ad. mod.L. colubrid-æ.]
A. adj. Belonging to the Colubridæ, a snake family comprising the majority of the non-venomous snakes. B. sb. A member of that family.
1887. Günther, in Encycl. Brit., XXII. 192/2. The group of true Colubrides, Colubrina, are land snakes…. The group of Bush Colubrides, Dryadina.
