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colubrine

American  
[kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh-] / ˈkɒl əˌbraɪn, -brɪn, -yə- /

adjective

  1. of or resembling a snake; snakelike.

  2. belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Colubrinae, comprising the typical colubrid snakes.

colubrine British  
/ -brɪn, ˈkɒljʊˌbraɪn /

adjective

  1. of or resembling a snake

  2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubrinae, a subfamily of harmless colubrid snakes

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Etymology

Origin of colubrine

1520–30; < Latin colubrīnus, equivalent to colubr- (stem of coluber ) snake + -īnus -ine 1

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