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- [kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh-]
- /ˈkɒl əˌbraɪn, -brɪn, -yə-/
- /kˈɒluːbrˌiːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kol-uh-brahyn, -brin, -yuh-]
- /ˈkɒl əˌbraɪn, -brɪn, -yə-/
Definitions of colubrine word
- adjective colubrine of or resembling a snake 3
- adjective colubrine of, relating to, or belonging to the Colubrinae, a subfamily of harmless colubrid snakes 3
- adjective colubrine of, characteristic of, or like a snake 3
- abbreviation COLUBRINE colubrid 3
- adjective colubrine of or resembling a snake; snakelike. 1
- adjective colubrine belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Colubrinae, comprising the typical colubrid snakes. 1
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Origin of colubrine
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Latin colubrīnus, equivalent to colubr- (stem of coluber) snake + -īnus -ine1
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Parts of speech for Colubrine
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
colubrine popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
colubrine usage trend in Literature
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