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coluber hippocrepis |
colubrid |
colubrid snake |
colubridae |
colubrina |
colubrine
| colugo
| columbæ
| columba
| columba fasciata
| columba livia
colubrine
CIDE DICTIONARY
colubrine, a. [L. colubrinus.].
- like or related to snakes of the genus
Coluber . [1913 Webster] - Like a snake; cunning; crafty. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
colubrine, adj.
1 snakelike.
2 of the subfamily Colubrinae of non-poisonous snakes.
1 snakelike.
2 of the subfamily Colubrinae of non-poisonous snakes.
Etymology
L colubrinus f. coluber snake
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