Colubriform
/kəˈluː.brɪ.fɔːrm/noun
Shaped like a snake, especially in zoological description.
Did you know?Its first element, Latin coluber, is also the source of the taxonomic name Colubridae, the snake family that includes many familiar nonvenomous snakes.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
coluber
“Snake or serpent”
Classical Latin
Latin
forma
“Shape, form, or appearance”
Late Latin
Latin
colubriformis
“Snake-shaped; formed like a serpent”
19th Century
Scientific Latin
colubriform
“Having the form of a snake”
Modern English
English
colubriform
“Snake-shaped, especially in zoology”
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