Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Coluber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coluber \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Coluber
n : racers [syn: {Coluber}, {genus Coluber}]
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