snake pits
Dens of danger
A snake pit is literally a pit filled with snakes, historically used as a method of execution or torture.
The term now typically refers to any chaotic, hostile, or dangerously dysfunctional environment: That office is a snake pit of backstabbing and gossip.
It can also describe overcrowded or neglected mental institutions, from a 1946 novel and film depicting such conditions.
- cobraHooded venomous serpent
- bitePierce with teeth
- viperFanged toxic serpent
- venomInjected animal poison
- rattlesnakeViper with segmented tail noisemaker
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- Naga mythologynaga, nagas, nagini, underwater realm
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Protected places from harm
sanctuaries · havens · refuges · paradises · oases
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Enclosed spaces for winged pollinators
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