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Serpent vs Anguinine - What's the difference?

serpent | anguinine |

As a noun serpent

is a snake.

As a verb serpent

is to wind; to encircle.

As an adjective anguinine is

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of serpents.

serpent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A snake.
  • (label) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake ().
  • (label) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
  • A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To wind; to encircle.
  • (Evelyn)

    See also

    * herpetology * lizard * reptile * snake

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    anguinine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of serpents.
  • Asian dragons, unlike their European counterparts, are anguinine in apearance.
    Synonyms
    * sinuous, serpentine