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‖ coluber Zool.|ˈkɒljʊbə(r)|
[L. coluber snake.]
A genus of harmless snakes, typical of, and formerly coextensive with, the family Colubridæ; exemplified in Britain by the common Ringed Snake. (The name was formerly not limited to harmless snakes.)
1763W. Owen Dict. Sc. & Arts I. 674 There are several very beautiful species of coluber without particular names. 1804Phil. Trans. XCIV. 70, I have..received two colubers from Java; and..two from Martinico; all four venomous. 1826Denham & Clapperton Trav. N. Africa i. 50 We also killed this day an enormous snake, a species of coluber. 1847Carpenter Zool. §507 The Harmless Snakes are divided into two families,—the Colubridæ, or Colubers,—and the Boidæ, or Boas. |