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Definition of Snake
Snake

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.

To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

To crawl like a snake.

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Snake Quotations

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.
Steve Irwin

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose Bierce

Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose Bierce

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
David Herbert Lawrence

Snake Translations

snake in Afrikaans is slang
snake in Danish is slange
snake in Dutch is slang
snake in French is guivre, serpent
snake in German is Schlange
snake in Italian is serpente
snake in Norwegian is orm
snake in Portuguese is serpente
snake in Spanish is sierpe, serpiente
snake in Swedish is orm, snok


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