The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colubridae \Colubridae\ n. a broad family including only nonvenomous snakes, containing about two-thirds of all living species. It includes the bullsnakes, garter snakes, and water snakes as well as many other species. Syn: family Colubridae. [WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Colubridae n 1: nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species [syn: Colubridae, family Colubridae]