Serpent (disambiguation) - Definition

Serpent can be any of the following:

• In usually mythological contexts, Serpent is the term for snake.
• Among musical instruments, a Serpent is member of the brass family.
• In astronomy, a Serpent forms several constellations.
• In cryptography, The Serpent cipher is a symmetric key block cipher developed by Ross Anderson and colleagues for the AES competition. It was one of the finalists.
• The British Royal Navy ship HMS Serpent crashed into the rocks in Trece beach during a stormy night, November 10th, 1890. Occurred in NW Spain, off the coast of Finisterre (The Death Coast); 172 sailors died, 3 survived.
• "The Serpent" is a nickname of serial killer Charles Sobhraj.