colubrine

adj, noun — 3 senses

colubrine

adj

/ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/

Etymology From Latin colubrinus, from colubra (“snake”) + -inus (“-ine”).

1

Snakelike.

A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:

2

Relating to snakes.

Derived terms: colubrine sea krait

colubrine

noun

Etymology From Latin colubrinus, from colubra (“snake”) + -inus (“-ine”).

1

Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae

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