Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
snake . - noun The little worm-snake, Carphiophis (formerly
Celuta ) amœna, common in the United States: apparently so called because forced out of its hole by a heavy shower.
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Examples
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Back to a late dinner with our various experiences, and perhaps specimens to match, -- a thunder-snake, eight feet long; a live opossum, with a young clinging to the natural pouch; an armful of great white, scentless pond-lilies.
Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
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Back to a late dinner with our various experiences, and perhaps specimens to match, ” a thunder-snake, eight feet long; a live opossum, with a young clinging to the natural pouch; an armful of great white, scentless pond-lilies.
Army Life in a Black Regiment Higginson, Thomas W 1869
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