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Meaning of COLUBER

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  racers
 

COLUBER is a 7 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: genus Coluber
 
 See Also: Coluber hippocrepis, Colubridae, family Colubridae, horseshoe whipsnake, racer, reptile genus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Col"u*ber\, n. [L., a serpent.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of harmless serpents.

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.

 

 

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