Definition of serpent

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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..

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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..
Serpentinize :: Serpentinize (v. t.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
Nowed :: Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..
Elapine :: Elapine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia..
Coluber :: Coluber (n.) A genus of harmless serpents.
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..
Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..
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..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person..
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..
Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..
Crotalus :: Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes..
Slough :: Slough (n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal..
Serpentaria :: Serpentaria (a.) The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).
Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..
Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor..
Cerberus :: Cerberus (n.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam..
Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves..
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