pythons

Coiling tropical reptiles

Pythons are large, non-venomous snakes that kill by constriction—coiling around prey and squeezing until it suffocates.

Native to Africa, Asia, and Australia, some species grow over twenty feet long.

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The plural pythons typically refers to the snakes; the language is uncountable.

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constrictor

Snake killing by compression

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Categories
Opposites
venom/constriction

pythonsvenomous snakes

Reptiles with toxic bites

vipers · cobras · rattlesnakes · mambas · king cobras

size among snakes

pythonsgarter snakes

Small striped serpents

prey relationship

pythonsmice

Small gnawing mammals

rats · rabbits · small mammals · rodents · birds

Phrases
Family

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