Snake 1 (sn k)n. pl. Snake or Snakes See Shoshone. |
| Snake 2 (snk) n. See Hydra. |
| snake (snk) n. 1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes or Ophidia (order Squamata), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions. 2. A treacherous person. Also called snake in the grass. 3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains. Also called plumber's snake. 4. Economics A fixing of the value of currencies to each other within defined parameters, which when graphed visually shows these currencies remaining parallel in value to each other as a unit despite fluctuations with other currencies. v. snaked, snak·ing, snakes v.tr. 1. To drag or pull lengthwise, especially to drag with a rope or chain. 2. To pull with quick jerks. 3. To move in a sinuous or gliding manner: tried to snake the rope along the ledge. v.intr. To move with a sinuous motion: The river snakes through the valley. [Middle English, from Old English snaca.] |
Snakes
1. an abnormal fear of snakes. Also ophiophobia.
2. herpetophobia.
2. herpetophobia.
a description of snakes. — ophiographic, adj.
the worship of snakes. — ophiolater, n.
the branch of herpetology that studies snakes. Also called snakeology, snakology. — ophiologist, n. — ophiologic, ophiological, adj.
a form of divination involving snakes.
ophiology.
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