Definition of coluber
1 capitalized : an extensive genus (the type of the family Colubridae) of nonpoisonous snakes
2 plural -s : any snake of the genus Coluber
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Origin and Etymology of coluber
New Latin, from Latin coluber, colubra snake; perhaps akin to Greek kōlon limb — more at calk
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