serpent
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- noun
- /ˈsɜːrpənt/
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serpiente de fuego
- The serpent swung around a turn, and the seats swung out.
- fire serpent
Examples
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So we can now say we have put our fire serpent, fire dragon into a prison.
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And then they would take a ball of copal resin and put in the mouth of the serpent lighted on fire.
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How would you compare a fire to a serpent?
Academic text (1992) -
It's trying to mentally force a serpent of fire to crawl up your spinal column.
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Rockets may serve for serpents and for raining fire.
Fiction book (1993) -
A serpent of fire.
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A small fiery serpent, livid and black, is a peppercorn.
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The fire-serpent.
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"The fire-serpent."
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As the fireworks lit up the night sky, serpents twisted and turned in dazzling patterns.
Compounds
- US
A tropical fern with brown scaly roots and large blue-green divided leaves often grown for decoration
A sea animal like a starfish with long thin arms that move easily from a small central body
Surface Forms
Etymology
Serpent for a firework uses the same image: it makes long, twisting movements like a snake, and the word comes from Latin serpens / serpere meaning 'to creep'. That is why this firework is called a serpent — it 'snakes' across the ground in a winding way.