serpents
Forked tongues, scales
Serpents is the plural of serpent, a literary or formal word for snake.
The term carries mythological and religious weight—the serpent in Eden, serpents in Greek mythology.
Serpent suggests something more sinister or symbolic than the neutral snake: The serpent whispered temptation.
In heraldry and symbolic art, serpents represent wisdom, danger, or immortality.
Plates or weighing devices
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- forked-tongueDeliberately deceptive in speech
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
herpetology · constrictor · python · boa · anaconda · cobra · viper · rattlesnake
Sharp piercing teeth
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- neurotoxicDamaging to nervous system
- hemotoxicPoisonous to blood tissue
- cytotoxinAgent destroying cells
antivenom · envenomation · bite · lethal · poisonous · viper · cobra · mamba
Legendary fire-breathing reptile
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- basiliskReptile that kills by looking
- ouroborosSelf-consuming serpent emblem
- wyrmLimbless dragon creature
cockatrice · naga · leviathan · nagas
scales
Plates or weighing devices
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- forked-tongueDeliberately deceptive in speech
cold-blooded · herpetology · constrictor · python · boa · anaconda · cobra · viper · rattlesnake · mamba
fangs
Sharp piercing teeth
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- neurotoxicDamaging to nervous system
- hemotoxicPoisonous to blood tissue
cytotoxin · antivenom · envenomation · bite · lethal · poisonous · viper · cobra · mamba · rattlesnake
dragon
Legendary fire-breathing reptile
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- basiliskReptile that kills by looking
- ouroborosSelf-consuming serpent emblem
wyrm · cockatrice · naga · leviathan · nagas
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
temptation · kundalini · pharaoh · gorgon · medusa · chthonic · primordial · cosmogony
temptation
Urge toward the unwise
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
cunning · treachery · guile · betrayal · devil · sin · corruption · wisdom · rebirth · renewal
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- Literary Symbolssymbols, motifs, archetypes, emblems, iconography
- Maya archaeologyTikal, Chichen Itza, stelae, glyphs, hieroglyphs
- Andean textilesalpaca wool, manta, poncho, quipu, condors
- legless creaturessnakes, worms, slugs, cobras, pythons
- biblical punishmentsplagues, stoning, banishment, pestilence, destruction
- sea serpentLegendary aquatic monster
- serpentine beltLooped automotive accessory drive
- serpent god
- serpent's tongueSnake's chemosensory organ
- winged serpentSnake with flight appendages
- Serpent MoundSnake effigy earthwork