单词 | colubrine |
释义 | † colubrinen.2 Obsolete. rare. A culverin. ΚΠ 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 241 Culuerines or Colubrines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). colubrineadj.n.1 A. adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent; snake-like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > belonging to snake colubrinec1540 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > resembling a snake colubrinec1540 snake-like1612 ophidian1883 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > specifically of actions, qualities, etc. craftyc1225 subtle1340 slyc1380 sleightlyc1402 subtilec1405 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 foxly1528 sleight1533 colubrinec1540 serpentical1546 fox-like1587 shrewd1589 vulpine1628 insidiating1632 serpentic1661 serpentary1681 artful1865 c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 426 His county pallantyne Haue coustome colubryne, With codes viperyne And sectes serpentyne. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Colubrine,..of or belonging to a Serpent; also wily, crafty. 1883 P. Robinson in Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/1 The colubrine impossibility of springing off the ground at me. 2. Zoology. Of the nature of the Coluber or snake: applied to serpents, sometimes distinguished as true colubrine and venomous colubrine snakes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [adjective] > of form or nature of coluber colubrine1844 colubriform1849 1844–58 Günther (title) Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes, Lizards, etc., in the British Museum. 1860 W. S. Dallas Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom 382 The fangs of the Colubrine Snakes..are always immoveably fixed in the mouth. 1871 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) V. 939 The Colubrine Snakes..differ in several important particulars from the Viperina. 1887 Günther in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 193 Venomous Colubrine snakes. B. n.1 1. A colubrine snake. [So French colubrin.] ΚΠ 1771 J. Hill Fossils 28 Talc, Genus vi. Colubrine. Composed of small, flat, thick, even and close-connected Flakes. 1771 J. Hill Fossils 30 All the Colubrines cut easily, but will take no polish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.21614adj.n.1c1540 |
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