English Explanatory Dictionary

keelback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various colubrid snakes of the subfamily Natricinae, whose dorsal scales exhibit strong keeling.

Word forms

keelback keelbacks

Etymology

From keel + back.

Derived words

eight-lined keelback Yunnan keelback
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on K Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary