Definition of serpent

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Serpent (n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person..

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Venom :: Venom (n.) Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging..
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents..
Engouled :: Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled..
Ophiomorphous :: Ophiomorphous (a.) Having the form of a serpent.
Cerolite :: Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color..
Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..
Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Echidna :: Echidna (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent..
Ophiophagous :: Ophiophagous (a.) Feeding on serpents; -- said of certain birds and reptiles.
Anaconda :: Anaconda (n.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon..
Ophiolatry :: Ophiolatry (n.) The worship of serpents.
Sea Serpent :: Sea serpent () A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured..
Amphisbaena :: Amphisbaena (n.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix..
Ophidia :: Ophidia (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
Fer-de-lance :: Fer-de-lance (n.) A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle..
Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two..
Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..
Ophiuchus :: Ophiuchus (n.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius..
Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..
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