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Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
culuebra f (plural culuebras)
- snake, serpent
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 23v:[…] ⁊ lo echaren ala biuora o ala culuebra en la garganta afogaſe luego ⁊ muere.- and should they throw it into the throat of the snake or serpent it would then choke and die.
- Idem, f. 56r.
- deſpues del retornamiento peſcueço dela culuebra que tiene el encantador dellas
- after the returning of the neck of the snake held by the snake charmer
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