coluber

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Coluber \Col"u*ber\, n. [L., a serpent.] (Zool.)
   A genus of harmless serpents.
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   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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