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

Ophidian :: Ophidian (n.) One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

Asp :: Asp (n.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje..

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

Ophiologist :: Ophiologist (n.) One versed in the natural history of serpents.

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

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

Serpent-tongued :: Serpent-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent..

Run :: Run (a.) To creep, as serpents..

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

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The noise made by a serpent.

Bag :: Bag (n.) A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow..

Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects..

Serpentigenous :: Serpentigenous (a.) Bred of a serpent.

Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..

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..

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..

Snake :: Snake (n.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent..

Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent..

Adder :: Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.

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