culebra
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra. Cognate with Portuguese cobra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
culebra f (plural culebras)
- snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)
- (specifically) (colubrid) snake (snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous)
- (specifically) a small snake
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Related terms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Papiamentu: kolebra
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “culebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- es:Reptiles
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