Colubrine
/ˈkɒl.jʊ.braɪn/noun
Relating to or resembling a snake, especially a colubrid snake.
Did you know?The same Latin snake-root helped produce *culverin*, a historical cannon whose long, slender shape was compared to a serpent.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
coluber
“Snake or serpent”
Classical Latin
Latin
colubrīnus
“Of or belonging to a snake; serpent-like”
Medieval Latin
Latin
colubrinus
“Serpentine or resembling a snake”
16th Century
English
colubrine
“Snake-like; resembling a serpent”
Modern English
English
colubrine
“Relating to or resembling snakes, especially colubrid snakes”
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