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• n  limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
• n  a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
• n  an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake

• But to the believersgathered in the tens of thousands along the riverbankthis was the breath of the Naga, the mythical serpent of Buddhist lore that many Thais believe haunts .
• The serpent tempts Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge.
• From time to time over 15 years, people have seen an enormous sea serpent glubbing about in Idaho's Payette Lake.

• snake
• ophidian

News & Articles

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• Old Nessie Beheaded At Arlington Park
  Kids love to climb on the plastic Old Nessie sea serpent which appears to be swimming through Allan Saxe Park in Arlington. But a vandal recently lopped off the monster's head.
  June 18, 2013 - CBS Dallas - Fort Worth
• Asheville Nature Journal: Do animals have 'fun'?
  Mink often seem to be a sinister presence because of their dark forms and serpent-like movements. / Elizabeth Ellison/Special to the Citizen-Times
  June 15, 2013 - Asheville Citizen-Times
• Humongous sea serpent dances for the camera
  An oarfish, the animal thought to be the inspiration to sea serpent tales, has been seen alive in rare footage.
  June 11, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quotes

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• Zeev Boim in Africasia
  Earlier Housing Minister Zeev Boim, also of Kadima, called for "attacks against the heads of the serpent, starting from (Ismail) Haniya and all those below him."
• Alvaro Uribe in San Diego Union Tribune
  We have made progress but the serpent is still alive,Uribe said.
• Martin Luther King in Royal Gazette
  As Martin Luther King Jr. said: "we must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart:"