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Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent..

Ophiology :: Ophiology (n.) That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents..

Amphisbaena :: Amphisbaena (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way..

Solenoglypha :: Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang..

Urostege :: Urostege (n.) One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Proteroglypha :: Proteroglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia..

Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..

Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.

Gastrostege :: Gastrostege (n.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.

Cobra De Capello :: Cobra de capello () The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.Naja --.

Serpentry :: Serpentry (n.) A place inhabited or infested by serpents.

Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent..

Elapine :: Elapine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia..

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..

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..

Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..

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..

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size..

Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..

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