| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.[Websters] 2. A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Dipsas" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references) |
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Etymology:Dipsas \Dip"sas\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from thirst.]. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A serpent whose bite produces a mortal thirst. See Deuteronomy 8. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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| Dipsas variegata | Dipsas variegata, the Snail-eating Snake is a snake found in Central America, South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs. (references) | ||
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| Dipsas variegata | 4 | Dipsas indica | 4 | |
| Dipsas indica | 4 | Dipsas variegata | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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