SNAKE
ADJECTIVES
► OPHIC relating to serpents → 1865
► OPHIDIAN pert. to a snake or serpent; snake-like → 1883
► OPHIDIOUS relating to snakes or serpents → 1846
► OPHIOLATROUS given to serpent-worship → 1887
► OPHIOPHAGOUS eating or feeding upon serpents → 1650
► OPHITE of the nature of or resembling a serpent; of a sinuous form → 1828
NOUNS
► AFFLATUS a hiss, esp. of a serpent → 1753
► ASIAN TWO-STEP any highly venomous snake encountered in the jungles of Southeast Asia → 1966 US sl.
► BELLED SNAKE a rattlesnake → 1917 Amer. dial.
► BELL-TAIL a rattlesnake → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BERARD a viper → c1475 obs.
► BITIES a collective term for spiders, snakes, scorpions, etc. → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BUSH EEL a rattlesnake → 1835 Amer. dial.
► BUZZ TAIL a rattlesnake → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CASCABEL a rattlesnake; also, its rattle → 1760-72
► CHUNK-HEAD the copperhead snake → 1880 Amer. dial.
► CULEUVRE a snake → 1481 obs.
► DEATHY a death adder, a type of venomous snake → 1951 Aust. sl.
► ETHER the adder → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GROUND PILOT the copperhead snake → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HACKLE a covering of any kind, as a bird’s plumage, a serpent’s skin, etc. → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HAGGOM the adder or viper; a snake of any kind → 1781 Eng. dial.
► HAGWORM the adder or viper; also, the common snake → 1483 Eng. dial.
► HAME a covering, esp. a natural covering, as the skin of a serpent, etc. → c1000 obs.
► JIM NARROWFACE a snake → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JOE BLAKE a snake → 1905 Aust. rhyming sl.
► NADDER an adder; a snake → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OPHIDARIUM a place where snakes are kept; a snake-house → 1882
► OPHIDIARIUM a place where snakes are kept; a snake-house → 1891
► OPHIDIOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of snakes → 1991 (Bk.)
► OPHIOGRAPHY the description of serpents → 1857
► OPHIOLATRY serpent worship → 1862
► OPHIOLOGY the study of serpents → 1828
► OPHIOMANCY divination by means of serpents → 1753
► OPHIOPHILISM love of snakes → 1883
► OPHIOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of snakes → 1991 (Bk.)
► OPHIOUCH a figure of a man holding a serpent → a1697 obs.
► RATTLER a rattlesnake → 1827 sl., orig. US
► SAND EEL a snake → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► SHADE the molted skin or shell of a snake or arthropod → 1899 Amer. dial.
► SHED the molted skin or shell of a snake or arthropod → 1898 Amer. dial.
► SINGING the buzzing or rattling of a rattlesnake → 1937 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE’S ALARM CLOCK a rattlesnake’s rattles → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► TAIL-ENDER a rattlesnake → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► TANG the tongue of a serpent, formerly thought to be the stinging organ; the sting of an insect → a1350 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► WATER BANDIT a water snake → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WATER PILOT a water snake → 1884 Amer. dial.
► WRIGGLER a snake → 1927 Aust. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► OPHIOLATER a serpent-worshipper → 1895
► OPHIOLOGIST one versed in the natural history of serpents → 1828
► OPHIOPHAGUS a serpent-eater → 1555
► OPHIOPHILIST a lover of snakes → 1883
VERBS
► CREPITATE said of the sound made by a rattlesnake: to rattle → 1852-9
► SING of a rattlesnake: to rattle → 1937 Amer. dial.
► TANG to sting as a serpent or an insect → a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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