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ˈkɒl əˌbraɪn, -brɪn, -yə-col·u·brine

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  1. colubrineadjective

    Snake-like, pertaining to snakes.

  2. Etymology: From colubrinus, from colubra + -inus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Colubrineadjective

    Etymology: colubrinus, Latin.

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  1. colubrine

    The Colubrinae are a subfamily of the family Colubridae of snakes. It includes numerous genera, and although taxonomic sources often disagree on the exact number, The Reptile Database lists 717 species in 92 genera as of September 2019. It is the second largest subfamily of colubrids, after Dipsadinae. Many of the most commonly known snakes are members of this subfamily, including rat snakes, king snakes, milk snakes, vine snakes, and indigo snakes.Colubrine snakes are distributed worldwide, with the highest diversity in North America, Asia, northern Africa, and the Middle East. There are relatively few species of colubrine snakes in Europe, South America, Australia, and southern Africa, and none in Madagascar, the Caribbean, or the Pacific Islands.Colubrine snakes are extremely morphologically and ecologically diverse. Many are terrestrial, and there are specialized fossorial (e.g. Tantilla) and arboreal (e.g. Oxybelis) groups, but no truly aquatic groups. Some of the most powerful constrictors (e.g. Pantherophis, Pituophis, Lampropeltis) are members of this group, as are a few snakes that have strong enough venom to kill humans (i.e. boomslangs [Dispholidus] and twigsnakes [Thelotornis]).Within Colubrinae, genera and species seem to make up five distinct radiations that are to varying degrees broadly similar in terms of ecology and geographic distribution, although increased sampling is needed to determine whether all species currently placed in Colubrinae fit into one of these groups. These correspond roughly to the historically recognized tribe names Sonorini, Colubrini, Boigini/Lycodontini, Dispholidini, and Lampropeltini. Coluber is the type genus of both Colubrinae and Colubridae and the basis for the name Colubroidea, and it is one of only three snake genera named by Carl Linnaeus still in use for a snake today.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Colubrineadjective

    like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber

  2. Colubrineadjective

    like a snake; cunning; crafty

  3. Etymology: [L. colubrinus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of colubrine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of colubrine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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