Thesaurus results for PYTHON

python

noun

Definition of python

as in cobra

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Recent Examples of python The full list of this year’s top python hunters is finally here. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026 Michael Marousky finished second with four, while Vincent Poole earned the award for the longest python in the division with a snake measuring 8 feet, 2 inches. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 In college, the defensive end had a pet snake named JuJu, a calico ball python. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 This is with the exception of the Burmese python, which the study identified by its scientific name Python bivittatus. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for python

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Noun

The cobra seems angry and writhes and attacks, and the handler holds the snake at bay, looking like a man who has made poor lifestyle choices and therefore deserves whatever is coming courtesy of his snake pal.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
McMahan was vital in discovering a new form of cobra lily, Arisaema mcmahanii, in Vietnam.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of cobra

Noun

This is a sport in which bodies get crunched, ears, noses and faces get peppered, and matches can be won by an anaconda choke or a guillotine choke.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Green anacondas can weigh as much as 250 kg (about 550 pounds)—almost twice as much as a reticulated python!

— Shabnam Dohutia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 June 2026

Definition of anaconda

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Arrival afternoon consists of a breath-work class and a short hike on property—which included, to my dismay, a timber-rattlesnake sighting.

— Johanna Wolfe, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
Multiple rescue teams worked together and found a hiker who had been bitten by a rattlesnake in the Angeles Forest earlier this month.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of rattlesnake

Noun

The progression observed in black mamba envenomation reflects a different process.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
The Oilers’ penalty kill had its issues –– virtually any team with weak goaltending does –– but their power play remained as lethal as a black mamba.

— Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026

Definition of mamba

Noun

The $1,180 style is classified as a loafer, though the design has none of the keeper straps, tassels or moccasin stitching that have been popular with the silhouette’s comeback.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Seersucker jackets, moccasins without socks, and dress shirts designed to expose just enough of the body to be sensual.

— Dave Schilling Contributing Follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Definition of moccasin

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The following year Antony died by suicide, and Cleopatra took her own life soon after, reportedly dying from an asp’s poison.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, as legend holds, the queen let a poisonous asp bite her, choosing death with Antony over life under Octavian’s rule.

— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026

Definition of asp

Noun

The garter snakes survive Manitoba's severe winters by hibernating in a network of limestone crevasses and caverns below the frost line.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Snakes, such as garter snakes and thread snakes, eat snails, ant larvae, and other invertebrates, while gopher snakes, rat snakes, and other larger snakes are excellent mousers and will even take packrats, Amarello says.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 May 2026

Definition of garter snake

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