Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colubrine serpent of the family Psammophidæ, as Psammophis sibilans. Also called desert-snake.
  • noun A boa-like Old World serpent of the family Erycidæ, quite different from the foregoing, as Eryx jaculus of India, and others. See cut under Eryx.

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