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snake
has definitions from the fields of zoology,astronomy,geography
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[ noun ] (zoology) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Many other ( probably nearly all ) snakes at maturity are already more_than half their final length . 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 . It is hard to understand how he concluded that most snakes do not grow appreciably after attaining maturity ; he was working with species of Java , so perhaps some tropical snakes are unusual in this respect . It is hard to understand how he concluded that most snakes do not grow appreciably after attaining maturity ; he was working with species of Java , so perhaps some tropical snakes are unusual in this respect . It is often stated that the largest snakes require five years to attain maturity , but this apparently is an overestimation . Related terms diapsid blind_snake viper constrictor elapid sea_snake colubrid_snake Serpentes |
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[ verb ] move smoothly, like a snake
Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)The patrol snaked around in back of the cave , approached it from above and dropped in suddenly with wild howls . (Francis Pollini, Night....)The music arrived , taking him , its rhythm stroked him , snaked all through him , the lyrics lifted him , took him from one magic isle to another , stopping briefly at each . Related terms |
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[ verb ] form a snake-like pattern
Examples "The river snakes through the valley" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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[ verb ] move along a winding path
Examples "The army snaked through the jungle" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (astronomy) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
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[ noun ] something resembling a snake
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[ noun ] a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
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