Cŏl'ŭ-ber, n.

n. [Lat., serpent or adder.] (Zoöl.) A genus of serpents.

☞ “Linnæus placed under this genus all serpents, whether venomous or not, whose scales beneath the tail are arranged in pairs; but Cuvier and later authors restrict it to those having large transverse plates on the belly, the plates under the tail forming a double row, a flattened head, teeth almost equal, and no poison fangs.” P. Cyc.