About The Word Snake
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Snake
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What's The Definition Of Snake?
[n] limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
[n] something resembling a snake [n] a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [n] a tributary of the Columbia River [n] a deceitful or treacherous person [v] move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle" [v] move smoothly, like a snake [v] form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley" Synonyms | Synonyms for Snake: Hydra | ophidian | serpent | snake in the grass | Snake River Related Terms | Find terms related to Snake: See Also | America | auger | bad person | blind snake | closet auger | colubrid | colubrid snake | constellation | constrictor | curve | diapsid | diapsid reptile | elapid | elapid snake | glide | meander | object | Ophidia | physical object | plumber's snake | river | sea snake | Serpentes | suborder Ophidia | suborder Serpentes | thread | trap-and-drain auger | Twin | Twin Falls | U.S. | U.S.A. | United States | United States of America | US | USA | viper | wander | weave | wind | wind | worm snake Snake In Webster's Dictionary \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}.
Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
{Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
{Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
{Blind}, {Garter}, etc.
{Fetich snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
Seb[ae]}) used by the natives as a fetich.
{Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
({Tropidonotus natrix}).
{Snake eater}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
{Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
{Snake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
{Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
{Snake killer}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.
{Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.
{Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
{Tree snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
genera.
\Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snaking}.] 1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. 2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. \Snake\, v. i. To crawl like a snake. |
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