Abastor

== Translingual == === Etymology === From ἄβαστον (ábaston), ἄβατος (ábatos, “untrodden”) === Proper noun === Abastor m (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – Synonym of Farancia, referring to the rainbow snake, and conflated with the mythical hoop snake. [from 1849] === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “Abastor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.