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<hw>Colt's" tooth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Colt</er>.</def>

<h1>Coluber</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"u*ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a serpent.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of harmless serpents.</def>

<note>&hand; Linn\'91us 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.</note>

<h1>Colubrine</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"u*brine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>colubrinus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Like a snake; cunning; crafty.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Colugo</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lu"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. an aboriginal name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A peculiar East Indian mammal (<spn>Galleopithecus volans</spn>), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also <altname>flying lemur</altname>.</def>

<h1>Columba</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"ba</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Calumba</er>.</def>

<h1>Columb\'91</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"b\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <ety>[L. <ets>columba</ets> pigeon.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of birds, including the pigeons.</def>

<h1>Columbarium</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col`um*ba"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Columbaria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Columbary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A dovecote or pigeon house.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.</def>

<h1>Columbary</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col"um*ba*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Columbaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>columbarium</ets>, fr. <ets>columba</ets> a dove.]</ety> <def>A dovecote; a pigeon house.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Columbate</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>colombate</ets>. See <er>Columbium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See <er>Columbium</er>.</def>

<h1>Columbatz fly</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"batz fly`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Kolumbatz</ets>, a mountain in Germany.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Buffalo fly</cref>, under <er>Buffalo</er>.</def>

<h1>Columbella</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Col`um*bel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>columba</ets> a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as <spn>Columbella mercatoria</spn>, were formerly used as shell money.</def>

<h1>Columbia</h1> <Xpage=280>

<hw>Co*lum"bi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of <ets>Columbus</ets>, the discoverer.</def>

<i>Dr. T. Dwight.</i>