'Coluber' definitions:
Definition of 'Coluber'
(from WordNet)
noun
Racers [syn: Coluber, genus Coluber]
Definition of 'Coluber'
From: 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]