Python

Py·thon  (pthn, -thn)

n.

1. Greek Mythology A dragon or serpent that was the tutelary demon of the oracular cult at Delphi until killed and expropriated by Apollo.

2. python

a. A soothsaying spirit or demon.

b. A person possessed by such a spirit.

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[Latin Pthn, from Greek Pthn; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]

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py·thon  (pthn, -thn)

n.

Any of various nonvenomous snakes of the family Pythonidae, found chiefly in Asia, Africa, and Australia, that coil around and suffocate their prey. Pythons often attain lengths of 6 meters (20 feet) or more.

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[Probably French, from Latin Pthn, mythical serpent killed by Apollo near Delphi; see Python.]

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python [ˈpaɪθən]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large nonvenomous snake of the family Pythonidae of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, such as Python reticulatus (reticulated python). They can reach a length of more than 20 feet and kill their prey by constriction

[New Latin, after Python]

pythonic  [paɪˈθɒnɪk] adj

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Python [ˈpaɪθən]

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a dragon, killed by Apollo at Delphi

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	python - large Old World boas                 boa - any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs Pythoninae, subfamily Pythoninae - Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae carpet snake, Morelia spilotes variegatus, Python variegatus - Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back Python reticulatus, reticulated python - of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world Indian python, Python molurus - very large python of southeast Asia Python sebae, rock python, rock snake - very large python of tropical and southern Africa amethystine python - a python having the color of amethyst
	2.	python - a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
	3.	Python - (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

Translations

python [ˈpaɪθən] N → pitón f

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python

n → Python m, → Pythonschlange f

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python

n python [ˈpaiθən]

a type of large non-poisonous snake that twists around its prey and crushes it. luislang أَصَلَه: ثُعْبان كبير يَقْتُل الضَّحِيَّة بالإلْتِفاف عليها питон krajta pyton; kvælerslange die Python πύθωνας pitón püüton مار پیتون python python פִּיתוֹן अजगर óriáskígyó, piton ular pÿtonslanga pitone うわばみ 비단뱀 pitonas pitons ular sawa python kveler-/pytonslange pyton jibóia piton питон krajta piton piton pytonorm งูขนาดใหญ่ piton (yılanı) 大蟒(尤指蚺蛇屬的) пітон اژدہا con trăn 大蟒（尤指蚺蛇属的）