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Meanings of Snake in English

Russian
змеи
Portuguese
ofídio
Spanish
serpiente
Catalan
serp
Wikidata

Limbless, scaly, elongate reptile.

змеи
Portuguese
rio snake
Catalan
snake
Spanish
río snake

A tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

rio snake
Portuguese
hidra

A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer.

hidra

A deceitful or treacherous person.

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Examples for "Hydra"
Examples for "Hydra"
1
The conflict of opinions is like that of Hercules with the Hydra.
The Gospels in the Second Century / An Examination of the Critic...
2
We have plenty of Hydra missile batteries and a few nuclear warheads.
Book Two: Descent
3
The Hydra had nine heads, of which the middle one was immortal.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
4
Rapp's pistol was currently chambered with a Federal Hydra-Shok 9mm hollow-point cartridge.
Act of treason
5
The Hydra of Federalism has now lost all its heads but two.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
Usage of Snake in English
1
My dear daughter, Snake thought, I never said this would be easy.
Dreamsnake
2
Therefore he hadn't shared his plan with either Sam, Tom-Tom, or Snake.
Amberville
3
There is no more hurt in this, than in the green Snake.
A New Voyage to Carolina / Containing the exact description and ...
4
For a moment Snake thought they had decided to send her away.
Dreamsnake
5
Then, glancing over Snake and her gear, she saw the serpent case.
Dreamsnake
6
Perhaps this time, too, despite the message Snake had to give them.
Dreamsnake
7
It didn't take long for Snake Dike to become a trade route.
Climbing Magazine
8
Of all the evil men in that inferno, Snake was the foulest.
Merton of the Movies
9
He had never had any trouble understanding what Snake said to him.
Dreamsnake
10
And this was evident when Snake took out the tobacco in question.
The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians; Or, Trailing the Yaquis
11
It would reach Snake Marek before the end of the business day.
Amberville
12
Well, Snake thought, some people you should tell, some people you shouldn't.
Dreamsnake
13
The next set of convulsions came, much sooner than Snake had expected.
Dreamsnake
14
He struck it about three miles above its entrance into Snake River.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
15
Alex took Snake's hand, as he had taken Jesse's, and kissed it.
Dreamsnake
16
After so long in the desert Snake was glad of the coolness.
Dreamsnake
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