Dipsas

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.
  • n. A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A serpent whose bite was said to produce a mortal thirst.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] The typical genus of serpents of the family Dipsadidæ. D. dendrophila is East Indian, D. fasciata West African.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of fresh-water bivalves, of the family Unionidæ, or river-mussels.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of butterflies, of the family Lycænidæ.
    • Word Usage
    "The dipsas is a kind of asp, called in Latin situla because anyone bitten by it dies of thirst."
     
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