Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The leading genus of the family Acontiidæ (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Anciently, a snake, called
dart snake ; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
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Examples
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They came as if drawn by a spell: venomous toads and snakes of every description, asp and adder, cerastes and acontias; only one old serpent, disabled apparently by age, ignored the summons.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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The scytalas was like "a staff;" the acontias, like "a javelin;" the dipsas was a thirsty snake.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
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