† serpentessn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female serpent.
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1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. iv. xii. 273 Apollodorus saith, that Sphinx was engendred of Typhon and of a great Serpentesse [ex Echidna & Typhone parentibus ortam].
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