Thesaurus results for PYTHON

python

noun

Definition of python

as in cobra

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Recent Examples of python Another Burmese python measuring 8 feet long was recently captured in Freehold, New Jersey. — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 The teacher who took ownership of Nanner, an 8-foot python, pushed back on the accusations. — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026 Unlike the larger reticulated python, which has occasionally been known to swallow humans, Burmese pythons do not see people as prey, though do have a powerful bite and will go after pet dogs and cats. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026 The 50-kilogram (110-pound) reticulated python, named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, lives at Chester Zoo in England’s northwest. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 21 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

During the show, he was filmed skiing to the South Pole, catching a giant anaconda, milking a venomous tarantula and diving under the ice of the North Pole.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of anaconda

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In California, fatal rattlesnake bites occurred in February, March and April, which, though unseasonably warm this year, are not months typically considered part of rattlesnake season.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The copperhead, timber rattlesnake, western pygmy rattlesnake and western cottonmouth live mostly in the eastern area of the state, some traveling closer to central Oklahoma.

— Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of rattlesnake

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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

Bridging two genres, the shoe is presented as a moccasin-ballerina — or a ballet loafer.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 28 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

There were rattlesnakes and vipers in the rest of Canada, but no snakes here in except the harmless garter snake.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of garter snake

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