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Examples
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Spirit spent most of yesterday using its microscopic imager to analyze a drift they're calling serpent.
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From a crevice in this stone, where a little earth was imbedded, there grew a cactus, upon which sat an eagle holding in its beak a serpent.
South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890
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The serpent in the Garden is described as a serpent.
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She felt its insistent push as it grew, insinuating itself between her thighs, another kind of serpent.
The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984
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So, too, when Montsurry first tells her of the suspicions which Monsieur has excited in him, she protests with artfully calculated indignation against the charge of wrong-doing with this "serpent."
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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Scriptural usage, as well as all versions and an uninterrupted tradition through the centuries, vindicates the meaning "serpent."
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Uzziah was doubtless regarded by the Philistines as a biting "serpent."
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Tzental manuscript containing the myth was, according to Cabrera, "Proof that I am a Chan," which signifies "serpent."
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Some remained smooth, others became scaly, according to the kind of serpent.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Th��ophile Gautier 1841
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He returned Mr. Pott's gaze of stone, and in compliance with that gentleman's request, proceeded to make the most he could of the 'serpent.'
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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