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col⋅u⋅brine

[kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh-]
–adjective
1. of or resembling a snake; snakelike.
2. belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Colubrinae, comprising the typical colubrid snakes.

Origin:
1520–30; < L colubrīnus, equiv. to colubr- (s. of coluber) snake + -īnus -ine 1
col·u·brine   (kŏl'ə-brīn', kŏl'yə-)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a snake.
  2. Colubrid.

Colubrine

Col"u*brine\, a. [L. colubrinus.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.

2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. --Johnson.

Main Entry: col·u·brine
Pronunciation: 'käl-(y)&-"brIn
Function: adjective
: of or relating to snakes of the family Colubridae : COLUBRID
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