Abastor

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

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Proper noun edit

Abastor m

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – a former name of Farancia, referring to the rainbow snake, and conflated with the mythical hoop snake. [from 1849]

References edit

“Abastor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.