a. [f. L. colubr(i)- snake + -FORM.] Having the form of a coluber; applied to certain venomous snakes, such as the Elapidæ and Hydrophidæ (sea snakes).
1847–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 291/1. The colubriform poisonous serpents … have comparatively short venom fangs.
1870. trans. Figuier’s Rept. & Birds, 46. The Colubriform family.
