python
noun /ˈpaɪθən/
/ˈpaɪθɑːn/
- a large tropical snake that kills animals for food by winding its long body tightly around them
Topics Animalsc1蟒;蚺蛇 词源late 16th cent. (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek Puthōn, the name of a huge serpent killed by Apollo. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.