colubrine /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Snakelike.A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery. — 1892 •Relating to snakes. noun1 •Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae formscolubrines · more colubrine · most colubrine