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python

/ˈpaɪˌθɑn/

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What does python mean?

noun

  1. Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
  2. (informal) Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.

proper noun

  1. The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
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proper noun

  1. An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.

noun

  1. (slang, vulgar) A penis.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpaɪˌθɑn/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpaɪθɑn//ˈpaɪθɔn/
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Recognising then the nature of their resting-place, the people cut up the python and began to cook its flesh.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
This fight, so magnificently described, was the sun-god's battle with Python, the destroyer, the serpent, the dragon, the Comet.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
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The moonlit stream was a python, silver, sinuous, vast, That writhed on a shroud of velvet--well, it was done at last.
Robert W. (Robert William) ServiceBallads of a CheechakoProject Gutenberg ebook #259
The keeper in the Zoological Gardens is positive that certain snakes, for instance Crotalus and Python, distinguish him from all other persons.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300
The fighting strength of a python is in the driving blow of his head backed by all the strength and weight of his body.
Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle BookProject Gutenberg ebook #236