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

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

Dipsas :: Dipsas (n.) A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.

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

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..

Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper..

Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

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

Opisthoglypha :: Opisthoglypha (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.

Elops :: Elops (n.) A mythical serpent.

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand..

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

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A kind of ancient cannon.

Boa Constrictor :: Boa constrictor () A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix..

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

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

Serpent :: Serpent (n.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia..

Serpentinous :: Serpentinous (a.) Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character..

Spiry :: Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

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)..

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