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English noun: python

1. python (animal) large Old World boas


Broader (hypernym)boa


Narrower (hyponym)amethystine python, carpet snake, Indian python, Morelia spilotes variegatus, Python molurus, Python reticulatus, Python sebae, Python variegatus, reticulated python, rock python, rock snake


Member meronymPythoninae, subfamily Pythoninae

2. python (person) a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit


Broader (hypernym)disembodied spirit, spirit

3. Python (person) (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi


Instance hypernymmythical creature, mythical monster


Domain categoryGreek mythology









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