Abastor

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “grc ἄβαστον, ἄβατος ("untrodden")”)

Proper noun

Abastor m

1. (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

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