1. serpent - Noun
2. serpent - Verb
3. Serpent - Proper noun
Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
The constellation Serpens.
A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
To wind; to encircle.
Source: Webster's dictionary7. Suparshwanatha Basadi: Seven headed serpent is carved over the head of the Suparshvanatha image. Source: Internet
According to literary historian Sacvan Bercovitch: Bercovitch 1972, p. 106 Few puritans more loudly decried the bosom serpent of egotism than did Cotton Mather; none more clearly exemplified it. Source: Internet
Act 1 Scene 1: A rough, rocky landscape Tamino, a handsome prince lost in a distant land, is pursued by a serpent and asks the gods to save him (aria: " Zu Hilfe! Source: Internet
According to some sources, Ophion ("serpent", a.k.a. Ophioneus), ruled the world with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Cronus and Rhea. Source: Internet
Above the tail of the serpent is the now-obsolete constellation Taurus Poniatovii while below it is Scutum. Source: Internet
AD 337) showing a depiction of his labarum spearing a serpent. Source: Internet