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Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form..

Serpenting :: Serpenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Serpen.

Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..

Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.

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

Ophidian :: Ophidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.

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

Serpentine :: Serpentine (v. i.) To serpentize.

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

Serpent :: Serpent (v. t.) To wind; to encircle.

Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

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

Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..

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

Jararaca :: "Jararaca (n.) A poisonous serpent of Brazil (Bothrops jararaca), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots..

Ophiomorphous :: Ophiomorphous (a.) Having the form of a serpent.

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

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

Metasomatism :: Metasomatism (n.) An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization..

Guaco :: Guaco (n.) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites..

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