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noun
- evil, Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- suffering, Suffering, woe, torment.
verb (bal, es)
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(transitive) To wrap into a bale.
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nounBasilisk
- a mythical snake-like creature reputed to be so venomous its gaze was deadly
"The deadly look of the basilisk"
- a type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
- a type of large brass cannon
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| batrachian |
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noun
- A frog or toad.
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1976: The warmth of his defence of the toad led me to suspect uneasily that a close search of his quarters would pretty certainly reveal a comfortable vivarium somewhere, bursting with the little batrachians. " Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed (Penguin 2001, p. 421)
adjective
- Pertaining to a frog or toad.
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1939: At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless grin. " Henry Miller, Tropic Of Capricorn
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1965: His lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey. " John Fowles, The Magus
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| blindworm |
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noun
- the slowworm
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| boa |
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noun
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Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru.
- A type of scarf typically made from feathers.
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| boa constrictor |
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noun
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A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them
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| boomslang |
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noun (boomslang, pl2=boomslangs)
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A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa. Dispholidus typus
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| bullfrog |
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noun (pluralbullfrogs)
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Any of various large frogs of genus Rana, that have a deep croak and are native to North America.
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