| slovo | definícia |
snake
(mass) | snake
- had, pohybovať sa ako had |
snake
(encz) | snake,had n: Petr Prášek |
snake
(encz) | snake,lstivý člověk n: Petr Prášek |
Snake
(gcide) | Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
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Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
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Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake,
Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under
Blind, Garter, etc.
Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python
Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.
Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake
(Tropidonotus natrix).
Snake eater. (Zool.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
Snake killer. (Zool.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.
Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
clavatum}). See Lycopodium.
Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
(Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied
genera.
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Snake
(gcide) | Snake \Snake\, v. i.
To crawl like a snake.
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Snake
(gcide) | Snake \Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snaking.]
1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with
out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
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2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a
smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces
between the strands of the large one; to worm.
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snake
(wn) | snake
n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn:
snake, serpent, ophidian]
2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: snake, {snake in
the grass}]
3: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and
flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark
Expedition [syn: Snake, Snake River]
4: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn:
Hydra, Snake]
5: something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
v 1: move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
2: form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the
valley"
3: move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the
jungle" |
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blow snakes (music)
(encz) | blow snakes (music),kreativně improvizovat Zdeněk Brož |
carpet snake
(encz) | carpet snake, n: |
chicken snake
(encz) | chicken snake, n: |
coachwhip snake
(encz) | coachwhip snake, n: |
colubrid snake
(encz) | colubrid snake, n: |
common garter snake
(encz) | common garter snake, n: |
common kingsnake
(encz) | common kingsnake, n: |
common water snake
(encz) | common water snake, n: |
congo snake
(encz) | congo snake, n: |
coral snake
(encz) | coral snake,korálovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
corn snake
(encz) | corn snake, n: |
diamondback rattlesnake
(encz) | diamondback rattlesnake, n: |
eastern coral snake
(encz) | eastern coral snake, n: |
eastern ground snake
(encz) | eastern ground snake, n: |
eastern indigo snake
(encz) | eastern indigo snake, n: |
elapid snake
(encz) | elapid snake, n: |
garter snake
(encz) | garter snake,had rodu Eutaenia Pavel Machek |
glass snake
(encz) | glass snake, n: |
glossy snake
(encz) | glossy snake, n: |
gopher snake
(encz) | gopher snake, n: |
grass snake
(encz) | grass snake,užovka n: [zoo.] Ritchie |
green snake
(encz) | green snake, n: |
ground snake
(encz) | ground snake, n: |
harlequin-snake
(encz) | harlequin-snake, n: |
hognose snake
(encz) | hognose snake, n: |
hoop snake
(encz) | hoop snake, n: |
horned rattlesnake
(encz) | horned rattlesnake, n: |
horseshoe whipsnake
(encz) | horseshoe whipsnake, n: |
house snake
(encz) | house snake, n: |
indigo snake
(encz) | indigo snake, n: |
joint snake
(encz) | joint snake, n: |
king snake
(encz) | king snake, n: |
kingsnake
(encz) | kingsnake, n: |
leaf-nosed snake
(encz) | leaf-nosed snake, n: |
lined snake
(encz) | lined snake, n: |
little-head snakeweed
(encz) | little-head snakeweed, n: |
lyre snake
(encz) | lyre snake, n: |
milk snake
(encz) | milk snake, n: |
mountain blacksnake
(encz) | mountain blacksnake, n: |
night snake
(encz) | night snake, n: |
northern snakehead
(encz) | northern snakehead, n: |
pilot blacksnake
(encz) | pilot blacksnake, n: |
pine snake
(encz) | pine snake, n: |
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