Definition of serpent

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

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Ophiomancy :: Ophiomancy (n.) Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils..
Serpentinize :: Serpentinize (v. t.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous..
Ophiomorphous :: Ophiomorphous (a.) Having the form 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..
Solenoglypha :: Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang..
Gastrostege :: Gastrostege (n.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.
Echidnine :: Echidnine (n.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus..
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) The constellation Serpens.
Amphisbaena :: Amphisbaena (n.) A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way..
Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..
Bom :: Bom (n.) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes..
Amphiuma :: Amphiuma (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake..
Serpentinian :: Serpentinian (n.) See 2d Ophite.
Ophidian :: Ophidian (n.) One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.
Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two..
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..
Picrolite :: Picrolite (n.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.
Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..
Crotalus :: Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes..
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