cŏlubrĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [coluberfero],
serpent-bearing , an epithet of Medusa (cf. coluber and colubra): monstrum, Ov. M. 5, 241: collum, Luc. 9, 677.
colubrifer fera, ferum, adj.coluber + FER-, serpent-bearing : monstrum (i. e. Medusa), O. ...
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