SERPENT meaning: Snake-like creature, often symbolic

We found 44 dictionaries that define the word serpent:

General (29 matching dictionaries)

serpent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
serpent: Merriam-Webster
serpent, the Serpent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
serpent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
serpent: Collins English Dictionary
serpent: Vocabulary.com
Serpent, serpent: Wordnik
serpent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Serpent, serpent: Wiktionary
serpent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
serpent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
serpent: Infoplease Dictionary
serpent: Dictionary.com
serpent: Online Etymology Dictionary
serpent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Serpent (Bible), Serpent (band), Serpent (cipher), Serpent (comics), Serpent (instrument), Serpent (musical instrument), Serpent (mythology), Serpent (novel), Serpent (roller coaster), Serpent (software), Serpent (symbolism), Serpent (video game), Serpent, The Serpent (Da Vinci's Demons), The Serpent (album), The Serpent (novel), The Serpent, The serpent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Serpent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
serpent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
serpent: Rhymezone
Serpent, serpent (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
serpent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Serpent: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
Serpent: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
serpent: FreeDictionary.org
serpent: Mnemonic Dictionary
The Serpent, serpent: TheFreeDictionary.com
serpent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (6 matching dictionaries)

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)
Serpent: Classical Music Guide
Natural Magick (No longer online)
Serpent: Dictionary of Symbolism
Serpent: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Serpent (disambiguation), Serpent, The Serpent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
SERPENT: Acronym Finder

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)

Serpent: Easton Bible
Serpent: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

Serpent (offensive): Racial Slur Database
serpent: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
▸ noun:  (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
▸ noun:  A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To wind or meander
▸ verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To encircle.
▸ noun:  the constellation Serpens
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Satan

Opposite:

mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian

Types:

rattlesnake, cobra, viper, mamba, bushmaster, boa, anaconda, python, coral snake, more...

Phrases:

the serpent, plumed serpent, sea serpent, Feathered Serpent, brazen serpent, more...

Adjectives:

old, great, brazen, sea, huge, headed, feathered, plumed, venomous, large, fiery

Colors:

emerald, jade, olive, forest green, lime, more...

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