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python

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈpaɪθən//
  • United States//ˈpaɪθɑn//

Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.

noun

  1. 1

    Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.

  2. 2

    slangA penis.

Etymology

From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.

Forms

plural
pythons
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