coluber

2 definitions found

coluber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coluber \Col"u*ber\, n. [L., a serpent.] (Zool.)
     A genus of harmless serpents.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Linn[ae]us placed in this genus all serpents, whether
           venomous or not, whose scales beneath the tail are
           arranged in pairs; but by modern writers it is greatly
           restricted.
           [1913 Webster]

coluber - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Coluber
      n 1: racers [syn: Coluber, genus Coluber]