colubrine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/

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.

Translations

snake-like

• Bulgarian: змийски (zmijski)
• Irish: nathartha

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