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Asp
noun · 78% connection
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Bag
noun · 78% connection
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Basilisk
noun · 78% connection
A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and eve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Batrachoid
adjective · 78% connection
Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous do…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Boa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Caduceus
noun · 78% connection
The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Cerastes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Cerberus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Coluber
noun · 78% connection
A genus of harmless serpents.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Ecdysis
noun · 78% connection
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdys…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Echidnine
noun · 78% connection
The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Elapine
adjective · 78% connection
Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Erect
adjective · 78% connection
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Fang
verb · 78% connection
The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Henbane
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as bel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Laocoon
noun · 78% connection
A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as descr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Lepidosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
Lobelia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, poisonous, serpents, including, rattlesnakes.
