snake has definitions from the fields of zoology,astronomy,geography
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[ noun ] (zoology) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

Synonyms

serpent ophidian

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 .

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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

glide

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[ verb ] form a snake-like pattern

Examples

"The river snakes through the valley"

Related terms

wind

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[ noun ] a deceitful or treacherous person

Related terms

bad_person

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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

Synonyms

Snake_River

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[ verb ] move along a winding path

Examples

"The army snaked through the jungle"

Related terms

weave

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[ noun ] (astronomy) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

Synonyms

Hydra

Related terms

constellation

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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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