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  1. noun Any of various nonvenomous snakes of the family Pythonidae, found chiefly in Asia, Africa, and Australia, that coil around and suffocate their prey. Pythons often attain lengths of 6 meters (20 feet) or more.

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  • Grey could guess why a python might be awkward, but the other wasn't clear. —  Man from Mundania
  • Check which version of python is the default by running python - V —  Muti
  • The wolf, python, and rascal she sent out seemed frightened of the trade mark Day-Glo lights, elephantine mob, and fortissimo music. —  The Oregon Catalyst
  • They were a couple of pythons, and the larger of the two, a female, was ten feet long; but the python is a harmless creature While they were talking, smoke was observed to rise from an isolated clump of long grass and bushes not far from the banks of the river, much to the annoyance of Kambira, who feared that the fire might spread and scare away the game. —  Black Ivory
  • It gorges itself like a python, and when hooked is as game as a salmon, and quite as vigorous in proportion to size. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118
 

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  1. Probably French, from Latin Pȳthōn, mythical serpent killed by Apollo near Delphi; see Python.
 

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