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Webster 1913 Edition

Coluber

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Col′u-ber

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Noun.
[L., a serpent.]
(Zool.)
A genus of harmless serpents.
☞ Linnæus 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coluber

COLUBER

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Noun.
In zoology, a genus of serpents, distinguished by scuta or hard crusts on the belly, and scales on the tail. Under this genus are ranked many species, as the viper, black snake, &c.

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