coluber Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun racers
    genus Coluber.

WordNet


Col"u*ber noun
Etymology
L., a serpent.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of harmless serpents. ✍ Linnæus 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.

Webster 1913