colubrine

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/ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/

adjective

Snakelike.

OriginLatin colubrinus →
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Meanings

adjectivecolubrine (comparative more colubrine, superlative most colubrine)

comparative more colubrine · superlative most colubrine

  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.
nouncolubrine (plural colubrines)

plural colubrines

  1. Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae

Origin

  1. Latincolubrinus
  2. Englishcolubrine

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

More words from Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian змийски
  • змийски (zmijski)snake-like
Irish nathartha
  • natharthasnake-like
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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