Coluber

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Coluber
       n : racers [syn: {genus Coluber}]