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colubrine
[ kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh- ]
adjective
- of or resembling a snake; snakelike.
- belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Colubrinae, comprising the typical colubrid snakes.
colubrine
/ -brɪn; ˈkɒljʊˌbraɪn /
adjective
- of or resembling a snake
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubrinae, a subfamily of harmless colubrid snakes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of colubrine1
1520–30; < Latin ³¦´Ç±ô³Ü²ú°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, equivalent to colubr- (stem of coluber ) snake + -Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of colubrine1
C16: from Latin ³¦´Ç±ô³Ü²ú°ùÄ«²Ô³Ü²õ, from coluber snake
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Example Sentences
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This greed of Uncle Eneas was colubrine.
From
Spilotes, spÄ«-lÅ′tÄ“z, n. a genus of colubrine serpents.
From
Natrix, nÄ′triks, n. a genus of colubrine snakes.
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Colubrine domesticity had its allures.
From
Catalogue of colubrine snakes in the collection of the British Museum.
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