colubrid vs red-bellied snake

red-bellied snake vs colubrid

colubrid and red-bellied snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid	Yes	No	No	No
red-bellied snake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, red-bellied snake is a hyponym of colubrid; that is, red-bellied snake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colubrid:

colubrid: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
red-bellied snake: harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States

Other hyponyms of colubrid include hoop snake, Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake, worm snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake, ringneck snake, hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper, leaf-nosed snake, grass snake, green snake, green snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake, rat snake, Arizona elegans, glossy snake, bull-snake, bull snake, king snake, kingsnake, garter snake, grass snake, lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum, ground snake, Sonora semiannulata, eastern ground snake, Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula, water snake, Storeria occipitamaculata, sand snake, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, night snake, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid (noun)	red-bellied snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States

Difference between colubrid and red-bellied snake

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