Definition of python
: any of various large constricting snakes; especially : any of the large oviparous snakes (subfamily Pythoninae of the family Boidae) of Africa, Asia, Australia, and adjacent islands that include some of the largest existing snakes
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Red tape — along with water pollution, overdevelopment and invading pythons — threatens to kill the Everglades.
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In seven weeks, the 25 pros have killed and removed 149 pythons.
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If alligators are spotted in the area, experts say it’s likely the animal was let loose by someone who was keeping it as a pet...which is how pythons found their way into the Florida Everglades.
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With the power of python, this is pretty easy to do.
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Origin and Etymology of python
Latin, monstrous serpent killed by Apollo, from Greek Pythōn, from Pythō Delphi
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: a very large snake that kills the animals it eats by wrapping itself around them
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: a large nonpoisonous snake of Africa, Asia, and Australia that squeezes and suffocates its prey
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