serpent

noun

A snake.

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In the Bible, the creature that tempted Eve, identified in Christian tradition with Satan.

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A subtle, sly, or treacherous person.

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A firework that writhes while burning.

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A deep-voiced wind instrument of serpentine shape, used principally from the 1600s to the 1800s, about 2.5 meters (8 feet) in length and made of brass or wood.

noun

Serpens.

To wind along like a snake, as a river; take or have a serpentine course; meander.

To entwine; girdle as with the coils of a serpent.

Crawling on the belly, as a snake, or reptant, as an ophidian; of or pertaining to the Serpentia: correlated with salient and gradient.

Having the form or nature of a serpent; of a kind similar to that which a serpent has or might have.