"Dipsas" is a word in ENGLISH

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff …

A serpent.

A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by …

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical …

A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and …

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.

A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. …

A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in …

A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its …

A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its …

A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier …

A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.

A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.

A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be …

A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.