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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread passerine #80293 09/11/2002 6:12 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I had seen this word used in bird books, but never defined. I just learned that it is the group of birds with feet adapted to perching! at same site learned three adjectives describing snakes, but haven't looked them up yet. anguine, elapine, colubrine. I am pretty sure that colubrine = cobra family. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: colubrine #80294 09/11/2002 6:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Snake, en español is culebra. Snake, latine is anguis. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: elapine #80295 09/11/2002 6:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 elapine adj. 5< ModL Elapinae, name of the subfamily < Elaps, a genus of venomous snakes (< MGr elaps serpent, fish, altered < Gr ellops + 3inae, 3INAE6 of or pertaining to a family (Elapidae) of poisonous snakes with small, erect fangs, including the cobras and coral snakes el$a[pid# 73pid#8 As Faldage correctly hints, colubrine means just in snake family. I goofed thinking cobra. n. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: erect fants #80296 09/11/2002 6:21 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... What would opposite "erect fangs" be? I mean, are some fangs always in position and other kind of stay tucked away to pop out at the necessary time? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: erect fangs #80297 09/11/2002 6:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: Rattlesnakes have fangs as part of a parallelogram of bones that collapse flat when mouth is closed, but erect the fang when mouth is open. Rattlesnakes basically stab with long fangs which point ahead when mouth is open. Coral snakes have to chew on you to get poison into wound. A long time ago reading about Panama Canal I saw "Culebra Cut" . Thanks, Faldage. And anguine means just snakelike. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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