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/ˈrɒk ˌpʌɪθn/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌpaɪˌθɑn/, /ˈrɑk ˌpaɪθ(ə)n/ Any of several large pythons that frequent rocky places, having dark coloration with paler markings; esp.: (a) the Indian python, Python molurus; (b) the African python, P. sebae; (c) the scrub python, Morelia amethistina, of Australia. Cf. rock snake n. 1.
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1853 Med. Times & Gaz. 19 Nov. 542/2 Is the admirable valvular arrangement existing in the septum of the ventricles in the rock python [sc. Python Molurus] a type of the whole order of reptilia?
1894 R. Kipling Jungle Bk. p. iii They went off to look for Kaa, the Rock Python.
1910 R. L. Ditmars Reptiles of World iv. 227 Another big serpent is the African Rock Python.
1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. xxxviii. 251 We rode almost on top of a rock python one day... He was ten feet long.
1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes i. 16 Bushmen will eat snakes when available and especially prize the large rock python.
2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 218/1 Possible explanations:..A large variety of African rock python (Python sebae), which often grows to 30–33 feet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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