| serpent | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. ophidian, serpent, snake | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous. |
| ~ diapsid, diapsid reptile | reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye. |
| ~ ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes | snakes. |
| ~ colubrid, colubrid snake | mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes. |
| ~ blind snake, worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes. |
| ~ constrictor | any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils. |
| ~ elapid, elapid snake | any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres. |
| ~ sea snake | any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom. |
| ~ viper | venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. serpent | a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited. |
| ~ firework, pyrotechnic | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. serpent | an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake. |
| ~ cornet, trumpet, trump, horn | a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves. |
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