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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of colubrine1

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

Origin of colubrine1

C16: from Latin colubrīnus, from coluber snake
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Example Sentences

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

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

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