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python
/ˈpaɪˌθɑn/
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What does python mean?
noun
- Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
- (informal) Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin.
proper noun
- The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
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proper noun
- An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language invented by Guido van Rossum.
noun
- (slang, vulgar) A penis.
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Recognising then the nature of their resting-place, the people cut up the python and began to cook its flesh.
This fight, so magnificently described, was the sun-god's battle with Python, the destroyer, the serpent, the dragon, the Comet.
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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.
The keeper in the Zoological Gardens is positive that certain snakes, for instance Crotalus and Python, distinguish him from all other persons.
The fighting strength of a python is in the driving blow of his head backed by all the strength and weight of his body.