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Definitions
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English snaca.
Examples
“If a man will keep snakes in his house, he must not wonder if people are shy of coming to see him because of the _snakes_.”
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“Lady Death is sensually draped in snakes on this sexy new cover from Gabriel Guzman that is limited to just 750 copies.”
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“Back then, encounters with certain snakes were a matter of life and death, and a healthy fear of snakes kept our ancestors alive long enough to procreate.”
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“Medusa's head of writhing snakes is perhaps the best effect in a production that was filmed in 2-D but, to capitalize on the latest screen fad, was converted to 3-D.”
“Here we have somebody who believes in snakes speaking, dinosaurs traveling on arks, and was herself prayed over by a man who believes in witches, now telling Americans that forty years of documented, evidence based research is snake oil.”
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“I would like to note that oil taken from Chinese water snakes is rich in Eicosapentaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid that leading scientists believe can relieve chronic joint pain.”
“So far, I've made my way through papers on the dolichosaur Acetosaurus tommasinii, the cranial anatomy of the basal ceropdan dinosaur Changchunsuarus parvus, and Late Cretaceous snakes from the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.”
"There's a fear I keep so deep. Knew its name since before I could speak."
“More than that, the genetic make-up of the baby snakes is unlike any previously recorded among vertebrates, the group which includes almost all animals with a backbone.”
“Members of certain Christian tribes believe we are commanded tohandle snakes – though the Bible actuallysays that being able to pick up snakes is strictly a sign of faith.”
“For example, the collection of articles on whistling snakes is interesting, but overlooks the many cases reported elsewhere (herpetological or herpetocultural publications) of snakes making strange sounds.”
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