colubriform

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adjective

Having the form of a snake

Scrabble 20

Meanings

colubriform1

adjectivecolubriform (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving the form of a snake
  2. not comparableCharacteristic of snakes of the family Colubridae; colubrid

colubriform2

nouncolubriform (plural colubriforms)

plural colubriforms

  1. Any snake of the clade Colubriformes

Origin

colubriform · adjective

  1. translingualColuber
  2. Latincoluber
  3. Englishcolubriform

From Latin coluber and translingual Coluber + -iform.

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colubriform · noun

  1. translingualColubriformes
  2. Englishcolubriform

From translingual Colubriformes.

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APA

colubriform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colubriform

MLA

“colubriform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colubriform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colubriform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colubriform.

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