…a long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite…
…a former system of interconnected exchange rates for the currencies of EC countries…
…a harmless constricting snake that feeds on rats and other small mammals…
…a venomous marine snake with a flattened tail, which lives in the warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and does not come on to land…
…a slender woodland insect with transparent wings and a long ‘neck’ which allows the head to be raised above the body…
…a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a remedy for all diseases…
…a small burrowing insectivorous snake which lacks a distinct head and has very small inefficient eyes…
…a fast-moving, aggressive venomous Australian snake, with a variety of colour forms…
…a gopher snake of a race found on the plains and prairies of North America…
…a brightly coloured venomous snake of the cobra family, typically having conspicuous bands of red, yellow, white, and black…
…a long North American rat snake with a spear-shaped mark between the eyes…
…a widespread but rarely seen nocturnal African constricting snake which is triangular in cross section with rough scales, giving it the appearance of a three-cornered file…
…a common harmless Eurasian snake that typically has a yellowish band around the neck and is often found in or near water…
…a harmless American snake with a green back and white or yellowish underparts…
…a harmless North American constrictor that is typically strongly marked with red and black on yellow or white. It was formerly supposed to suck milk from sleeping cows…
…a large harmless North American snake with dark markings. When disturbed it hisses loudly and vibrates its tail…
…any of a number of slender tropical burrowing snakes, in particular:…
…a dance in which the performers handle live snakes or imitate the motions of snakes, in particular a ritual dance of the North American Hopi Indians involving the handling of live rattlesnakes…
…a fence made of roughly split rails or poles joined in a zigzag pattern with their ends crossing…
…a river of the north-western US. Rising in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, it flows for 1,670 km (1,038 miles) through Idaho into the state of Washington, where it joins the Columbia River…
…an olive-coloured venomous snake living in marshy and wet country on the east coast of Australia…
…a deadly Australian snake, typically marked with brown and yellow bands…
…a harmless arboreal snake, typically very slender and able to mimic a twig…
…a large aquatic fish-eating snake with coarse-textured scales which give it a file-like appearance, native to SE Asia and Australia…
…a harmless snake which is a powerful swimmer and spends part of its time in fresh water hunting for prey. Water snakes are found in Africa, Asia, and America…
…any of a number of slender fast-moving snakes which often feed on lizards and catch their prey by pursuing it, in particular:…
…a small harmless North American snake which resembles an earthworm…
…a greenish semi-arboreal SE Asian snake which can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent…
…a common, harmless North American snake that typically has well-defined longitudinal stripes and favours damp habitats…
…a large harmless yellowish-cream snake with darker markings, native to western North America…
…a harmless burrowing American snake with an upturned snout. When threatened it inflates itself with air and hisses, and may feign death…
…a large harmless American snake that typically has bluish-black skin which may be patterned…
…a harmless Eurasian snake which is grey to reddish in colour, typically living in heathy country where it feeds on lizards…
…an entertainer who appears to make snakes move by playing music…
…(of a person) having very slender hips and moving in a sinuous way…
…a nocturnal legless lizard native to Australia and New Guinea…
…a Eurasian fritillary with flowers chequered in red and purple, typically growing in damp hay meadows and water meadows…
…a long, slender olive-brown to greyish snake found in Europe and SW Asia. In ancient times it was protected owing to its mythical link with the god of medicine, Aesculapius…
…a burrowing snake that has a flat disk formed from an enlarged scale on the upper surface of the tail, native to the rain forests of southern India and Sri Lanka…
…a nocturnal tree snake of Pacific origin that has escaped captivity as a pet to threaten native fauna in many Pacific Rim locations…
…a harmless snake that mimics the bright coloration of the venomous coral snakes…
