serpiente

Definitions of serpiente
  1. noun
    limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
    synonyms: sierpe
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    hidra
    any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
    vipérido
    venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
    boa
    any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
    cobra
    venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
    vibra, víbora
    small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
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