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Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..

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

Serpentinely :: Serpentinely (adv.) In a serpentine manner.

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

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

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

Medusa :: Medusa (n.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone..

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

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

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged 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..

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

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

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..

Ophiolatry :: Ophiolatry (n.) The worship of serpents.

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

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

Echidna :: Echidna (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent..

Picrolite :: Picrolite (n.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.

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