culebra
Meaning
- (feminine) snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
- (feminine,specifically) (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous)
- (feminine,specifically) a small snake
Concepts
snake
serpent
adder
grass snake
viper
snakes
colubrid
whip snake
boidae
cobras
colubridae
ophidia
pythons
serpentes
viperidae
vipers
boa constrictor
?jubo
anaconda
big snake
large snake
lizard
Snake
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cu‧le‧bra
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kuˈlebɾa/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra.
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