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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology A dragon or serpent that was the tutelary demon of the oracular cult at Delphi until killed and expropriated by Apollo.
- noun A soothsaying spirit or demon.
- noun A person possessed by such a spirit.
- A trademark for a widely used scripting language designed for producing dynamic webpages.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin Pȳthōn, from Greek Pūthōn; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]
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