Python

['paɪθɑn]

Definition

(noun.) large Old World boas.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi.

(noun.) a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit.

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Definition

(n.) Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake.

(n.) A diviner by spirits.

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Definition

n. a genus of serpents of the boa family all natives of the Old World and differing from the true boas by having the plates on the under surface of the tail double: a demon spirit.—n. Py′thoness the priestess of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Greece: a witch.—adj. Python′ic pretending to foretell future events like the Pythoness: prophetic: like a python.—ns. Py′thonism the art of predicting events by divination; Py′thonist.

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