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Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake.

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  1. n. Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake.
  2. n. A diviner by spirits.
  3. n. a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language for computers created by Guido van Rossum
  4. n. large Old World boas
  5. n. a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
  6. Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, andallied genera, of the family Pythonidæ. They are nearly allied to theboas. Called also rock snake.
  7. n:100 n. large Old World boas n. a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit n. (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi