python
noun/ˈpaɪθən/
/ˈpaɪθɑːn/
- a large tropical snake that kills animals for food by winding its long body tightly around themTopics Animalsc1Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek Puthōn, the name of a huge serpent killed by Apollo. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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