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.
Coluber n : racers [syn: {genus Coluber}]