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noun limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
noun a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
noun an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *serp- Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti Proto-Italic *serpō Latin serpō Latin serpēns Old French serpentbor. Middle English serpent English serpent From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.…
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