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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of serpents, giving name to the family Uropeltidæ.
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_uropeltis_, 301. the python, 303. haplocercus, 304. tree-snakes, 305. water snakes, 308. sea snakes, 308. the snake-stone and its composition, 312-317.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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