Snake /(?)/
Snake
n.
- Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Blind snake
- See under Blind, Garter, etc.
- Fetich snake
- a large African snake (Python Sebae) used by the natives as a fetich.
- Ringed snake
- a common European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix).
- Snake eater
- The markhoor
- Snake fence
- a worm fence (which see).
- Snake fly
- 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
- a cucurbitaceous plant (Trichosanthes anguina) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber.
- Snake killer
- The secretary bird
- Snake moss
- the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum). See Lycopodium.
- Snake nut
- the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up.
- Tree snake
- any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera.
Snake
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Snaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaking
- To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.]
- 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. (Naut.)
Snake
v. i.
- To crawl like a snake.