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Elapid

Elapid meaning

Any of many species of snakes of the family Elapidae, including the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes

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Example sentences (2)

They found that a type of protein called three-finger toxins (3FTx), present in all elapid snakes, contained small sections that looked similar across different species.

Broadly speaking, there are two main families of venomous snakes: vipers (such as the West African carpet viper) and elapid snakes (such as the black mamba).