Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Colubridae .
Etymologies
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Coluber + -inae
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Examples
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One of the handsomest of its tribe is the corn snake, belonging to the family of the Colubrinae.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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