colubrine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

colubrine (plural colubrines)

  1. Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae

Italian

Noun

colubrine f

  1. plural of colubrina

Latin

Adjective

colubrīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of colubrīnus
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