serpent
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The name combines "Naga," a legendary serpent from Thai and Southeast Asian mythology, with "Titan," referencing the giants of Greek mythology.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
We learn that the enormous feathered serpent Kukulkan was raised by his sister—and that he rattles the earth every year to let her know he’s still alive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“It’s like that saying — If you cut the head of a serpent, then more heads will grow,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Apollo was called Delian from Delos, the island of his birth, and Pythian from his killing of a serpent, Python, which once lived in the caves of Parnassus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing serpent
Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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Unit 5, Week 4
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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