serpentryn.
/ˈsəːpəntri/ 1. Serpents or serpentine creatures collectively.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > collective
worm-kinc893
serpentry1869
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 41 To..wipe away all slime Left by men-slugs and human serpentry.
1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §87 There is an Æsculapian as well as an evil serpentry among the Draconidæ.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xii. 222 For egg turned snake needs fear no serpentry.
2. A place where serpents are kept and reared.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > reptiliary
serpentry1846
reptiliary1848
ophidiarium1882
snakery1886
reptilarium1892
serpentarium1895
snake farm1934
reptillery1976
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. Introd. 12 A serpentry for improving the domestic breed of rattlesnakes [etc.].
3. A winding like that of a serpent.
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1848 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in later Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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