serpent
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The name Vasuki indicus honors the mythical serpent associated with the Hindu deity Shiva, as well as the country where the fossil was found.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 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
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
And as their fervor grows, so too does his confidence, an ouroboros of mutual reinforcement, a serpent devouring its own tail.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025
They had learned, they said, and knew for a fact, that her husband was not a man, but the fearful serpent Apollo’s oracle had declared he would be.
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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