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python
has definitions from the fields of zoology,Greek mythology,folklore
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[ noun ] (zoology) large Old World boas
Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Felix_Kopstein states that `` when the snake reaches its maturity it has already reached about its maximal length '' , but goes_on to cite the reticulate python as an exception , with maximum length approximately three_times that at maturity . The African rock_python , a close second , is followed in_turn by the reticulate python . the anaconda reaches a length of at_least 37 feet , the reticulate python 33 , the African rock_python 25 , the amethystine_python at_least 22 , the Indian_python 20 , and the boa_constrictor 18 - 1_2 . |
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[ noun ] (folklore) a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
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[ noun ] (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
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