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Cerolite :: Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color..

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

Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster..

Slough :: Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal..

Bom :: Bom (n.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color..

Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous..

Ophidia :: Ophidia (n. pl.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.

Verd Antique :: Verd antique () A mottled-green serpentine marble.

Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..

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..

Ophite :: Ophite (a.) Of or pertaining to a serpent.

Serpentry :: Serpentry (n.) A winding like a serpent's.

Snake :: Snake (n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent..

Marmolite :: Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color..

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

Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two..

Gabbro :: Gabbro (n.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro)..

Serpens :: Serpens (n.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

Cerberus :: Cerberus (n.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam..

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