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snake 'snāk n any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles (suborder Serpentes syn. Ophidia) with a long tapering body and with salivary glands often modified to produce venom which is injected through grooved or tubular fangs
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(snāk) 1. a limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, some of which are poisonous. See table. 2. any of various worms that resemble members of Ophidia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.