Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of ordinary snakes, formerly coextensive with the family Colubridæ, now limited to the most typical representatives of that family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of harmless serpents.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun racers
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Colubri enim et cerasti nomine diabolus uel antichristus significatur ut est illud quod Iacob patriarcha de Dan filio sua prophetauit dicens: Fiat Dan coluber in uia et cerastes in semita mordet ungulas equi et cadet ascensat eius retro.
Sigh. WMAM. 2008
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Fit ergo coluber in uia que in presentis uitae latitudinem eos ambulare prouocat quibus partendo quasi blanditur.
Sigh. WMAM. 2008
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Colubri enim et cerasti nomine diabolus uel antichristus significatur ut est illud quod Iacob patriarcha de Dan filio sua prophetauit dicens: Fiat Dan coluber in uia et cerastes in semita mordet ungulas equi et cadet ascensat eius retro.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Non solum enim coluber antichristus set etiam cerastes uocatur.
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Non solum enim coluber antichristus set etiam cerastes uocatur.
Sigh. WMAM. 2008
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Fit ergo coluber in uia que in presentis uitae latitudinem eos ambulare prouocat quibus partendo quasi blanditur.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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And they viterberated each other, canis et coluber with the wildest ever wielded since Tarriestinus lashed Pissasphaltium. —
Finnegans Wake 2006
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The only other kind is the common grass snake (coluber natrix).
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Cf.St. Paul of Nolan, _Letters_, 23, § 135 -- Migne 61, p. 273: Hi enim (i.e. evil spirits) petulantius infirmiora vasa pertentant, sicut non Adam, sed Evam coluber aggressus est.
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Notwithstanding the scepticism of recent commentators, it appears fairly certain that the "fugitive serpent" of Job, xxvi, 13 (coluber tortuosus in the Vulgate) does really stand for the circumpolar reptile.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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