2. Verb. (third-person singular of snake) ¹
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Definition of Snakes
1. snake [v] - See also: snake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakes
Literary usage of Snakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Many of those on water-snakes are supplementary to the account of the water-snakes
... Yet observations made on water-snakes in the early spring lead me to ..."
2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Thus with an increased expenditure of Rs 298 in 1881, 42192 more snakes were ...
With regard to the measures adopted for the destruction of venomous snakes, ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"A very remarkable means of livelihood and of defense among snakes is the poison
... snakes perform an important part in preserving the balance of life, ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1912)
"One of the residents of Chatham told Mr. Slevin that snakes were not ... ORIGIN OF
THE GALAPAGOS snakes The closest relatives of the serpents of the ..."
5. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"THE POISONOUS snakes OF NORTH AMERICA As the preceding discussion shows, there
are only twenty-two species of poisonous snakes in the United States; namely, ..."
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