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Snake

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ophidiannounOf or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
augernounA tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
snake in the grassnoun(derogatory, informal) A hidden enemy.
hydranoun(fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
serpentnoun(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
snake rivernouna river located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States

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ophidiannounAny species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
snake in the grassnoun(derogatory, informal) A hidden enemy.
serpentnoun(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
hydranoun(fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
augernounA tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
snake rivernouna river located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
vipernounA venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
rattlesnakenounAny of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
cobranounAny of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja.
boanounA type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.
frognounAny of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
snakebitenoun(countable) The bite of a snake.
lionnounA big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
nestnounA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
treenounA perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
animalnoun(sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
speciesnoun(biology) A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
snotnoun(informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
graynounAn achromatic colour between black and white.
nambanounA penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.

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