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Acontias
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Adder
noun · 78% connection
In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Arenaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Beadsnake
noun · 78% connection
A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Blacksnake
noun · 78% connection
large harmless shiny black North American snake
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Blow
noun · 78% connection
A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Catalpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Coachwhip snake
unknown · 78% connection
A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Dead metaphor
noun · 78% connection
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Efflation
noun · 78% connection
The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Frozen metaphor
noun · 78% connection
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Gordius
noun · 78% connection
A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Haye
noun · 78% connection
The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Hornsnake
noun · 78% connection
A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Imitate
verb · 78% connection
To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
Lant
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
North
adjective · 78% connection
Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding towar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harmless, north, american, snake, genus.
