colubrine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/

Adjective[edit]

colubrine (comparative more colubrine, superlative most colubrine)

  1. Snakelike.
    • 1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:
      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.
  2. Relating to snakes.

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

colubrine (plural colubrines)

  1. Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

colubrine f

  1. plural of colubrina

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

colubrīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of colubrīnus
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