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Serpent

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serpent, term sometimes used to designate the larger species of snakes snake, common name for an elongated, limbless reptile of the order Squamata, which also includes the lizards. Most snakes live on the ground, but some are burrowers, arboreal, or aquatic; one group is exclusively marine. In temperate climates they hibernate.
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 in mythology and folklore, a name often applied to any sinuous, crawling creature, chiefly to a snake. No sea serpents have been discovered to substantiate the legends about them, although some accounts, such as stories of the so-called Loch Ness monster in Scotland, have received wide publicity. Large squids, octopuses, whales, dolphins, seals, and other sea animals are sometimes described as sea serpents. In religion and art, the serpent sometimes symbolizes Satan (Rev. 20.2), or the phallus (see phallic worship phallic worship , worship of the reproductive powers of nature as symbolized by the male generative organ. Phallic symbols have been found by archaeological expeditions all over the world, and they are usually interpreted as an expression of the human desire for
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). See also dragon dragon, mythical beast usually represented as a huge, winged, fire-breathing reptile. For centuries the dragon has been prominent in the folklore of many peoples; thus, its physical characteristics vary greatly and include combinations of numerous animals.
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serpent
1. a literary or dialect word for snake
2. Old Testament a manifestation of Satan as a guileful tempter (Genesis 3:1--5)
3. an obsolete wind instrument resembling a snake in shape, the bass form of the cornett

Serpent [′sər·pənt]
(astronomy)

serpent
subtly deceives Eve in the Garden. [O.T.: Genesis 3:1]
See : Cunning

serpent
sheds skin to renew its life. [Gk. Myth.: Gaster, 37]

serpent
coaxes Eve to eat forbidden fruit. [O.T.: Genesis 3:1–5]

Serpent 

an old wind instrument, consisting of a serpentine, conical, metal or wooden tube and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. Invented in France in the 16th century, the serpent went out of use in the 19th century.



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Freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return to the Fairy; but on the way he meets a Serpent and later is caught in a trap
A CROW in great want of food saw a Serpent asleep in a sunny nook, and flying down, greedily seized him.
There was the faint report--the crack of the electric rifle-- and the folds of the serpent seemed to relax.
 
 
 
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