colubrine

[ kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh- ]

adjective

1. of or resembling a snake; snakelike.
2. belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Colubrinae, comprising the typical colubrid snakes.

colubrine

/ -brɪn; ˈkɒljʊˌbraɪn /

adjective

1. of or resembling a snake
2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubrinae, a subfamily of harmless colubrid snakes

Word History and Origins

Origin of colubrine¹

1520–30; < Latin colubrīnus, equivalent to colubr- (stem of coluber ) snake + -īnus -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of colubrine¹

C16: from Latin colubrīnus, from coluber snake

Example Sentences

There is always the colubrine equivalent of the personal equation to be taken into consideration.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps the most curious of the colubrine snakes is the egg-eating snake of South Africa.

From Project Gutenberg