NOUN | animal | python | large Old World boas |
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person | python | a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit | |
person | Python | (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi |
Sounds | pay'thaan | |
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Rhymes | Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan... |
Meaning | large Old World boas. | |
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Member of | Pythoninae, subfamily Pythoninae | (Old World boas) pythons |
Narrower | Indian python, Python molurus | Very large python of southeast Asia |
amethystine python | A python having the color of amethyst | |
carpet snake, Python variegatus, Morelia spilotes variegatus | Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back | |
reticulated python, Python reticulatus | Of southeast Asia and East Indies | |
rock python, rock snake, Python sebae | Very large python of tropical and southern Africa | |
Broader | boa | Any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs |
Spanish | pitón | |
Catalan | pitó |
Meaning | A soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit. | |
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Broader | spirit, disembodied spirit | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
Meaning | (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi. | |
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Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Instance of | mythical monster, mythical creature | A monster renowned in folklore and myth |
Spanish | Pitón, Python | |
Catalan | Pitó |
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