Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A common name of fishes belonging to the family Ophiocephalidé, found in fresh waters of Asia and Africa.

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Examples

  • Notice how much the serpent heads now stand out from her goatskin cloak with serpent-head fringe.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008

  • As a black shaft cut into the earth at Belesa's feet and quivered like a serpent-head, Conan caught up a longbow and leaped to the firing-ledge.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • As a black shaft cut into the earth at Belesa's feet and quivered like a serpent-head, Conan caught up a longbow and leaped to the firing-ledge.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • This enemy to the human race had begun early in June to raise its serpent-head on the shores of the Nile; parts of Asia, not usually subject to this evil, were infected.

    The Last Man 2003

  • Occasionally a bronze chariot rumbled along the flags, and there was a brief glimpse of a tall, hawk-faced noble, with a silk cloak wrapped about him, and a gold band with a rearing serpent-head emblem confining his black mane; of the ebon, naked charioteer bracing his knotty legs against the straining of the fierce Stygian horses.

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Occasionally a bronze chariot rumbled along the flags, and there was a brief glimpse of a tall, hawk-faced noble, with a silk cloak wrapped about him, and a gold band with a rearing serpent-head emblem confining his black mane; of the ebon, naked charioteer bracing his knotty legs against the straining of the fierce Stygian horses.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Occasionally a bronze chariot rumbled along the flags, and there was a brief glimpse of a tall, hawk-faced noble, with a silk cloak wrapped about him, and a gold band with a rearing serpent-head emblem confining his black mane; of the ebon, naked charioteer bracing his knotty legs against the straining of the fierce Stygian horses.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • As a black shaft cut into the earth at Belesa's feet and quivered like a serpent-head, Conan caught up a longbow and leaped to the firing-ledge.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • The buckle was strangely made, in the form of a golden serpent-head, flat, wedge-shaped and scaled with curious art.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • Occasionally a bronze chariot rumbled along the flags, and there was a brief glimpse of a tall, hawk-faced noble, with a silk cloak wrapped about him, and a gold band with a rearing serpent-head emblem confining his black mane; of the ebon, naked charioteer bracing his knotty legs against the straining of the fierce Stygian horses.

    The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977

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