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Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake..

Adderwort :: Adderwort (n.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea..

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

Gymnophiona :: Gymnophiona (n. pl.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha..

Water Snake :: Water snake () Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits..

Haye :: Haye (n.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp..

Splotch :: Split-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards..

Massasauga :: Massasauga (n.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley..

Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..

Virus :: Virus (v. i.) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons..

Intervolution :: Intervolution (n.) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake..

Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..

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

Hydrophid :: Hydrophid (n.) Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming..

Hornsnake :: Hornsnake (n.) A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below..

Solenoglypha :: Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang..

Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras..

Tortrix :: Tortrix (n.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace..

Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

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