[kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh-]
- of or resembling a snake; snakelike.
- belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Colubrinae, comprising the typical colubrid snakes.
Origin of colubrine
1520–30; < Latin colubrīnus, equivalent to colubr- (stem of coluber) snake + -īnus -ine1
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- of or resembling a snake
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubrinae, a subfamily of harmless colubrid snakes
Word Origin for colubrine
C16: from Latin colubrīnus, from coluber snake
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