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Snake : (noun)
1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: serpent,
ophidian]
2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: snake in the grass]
3: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and
flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark
Expedition [syn: Snake, Snake River]
4: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: Hydra,
Snake]
5: something resembling a snake
(verb)
1: move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
2: form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the
valley"
3: move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the
jungle"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Snake : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Snake : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Snake : \Snake\, v. i.
To crawl like a snake.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Snake : Snake: 1. A long limbless scaly reptile, some being poisonous. 2. The symbol of rejuvenation and healing in many ancient Mediterranean cultures. The Greek god Asclepius, who
specialized in healing, had a single snake entwined around his staff -- the "Asclepian staff."
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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