1) Reptile of Central America
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Dipsas is a genus of nonvenomous New World colubrid snakes in the subfamily Xenodontinae. ==Geographic range== Species in the genus Dipsas are found from southern Mexico through Central America and South America, as far as Argentina and Paraguay. ==Taxonomy== The genus includes over 30 distinct species. Dipsas species are slender, small to medium-...
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• (n.) A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst. • (n.) A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.
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a serpent with a bite said to produce intense thirst. The snake was the subject of a story told by several Greek authors, including Sophocles. ...
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Dip'sas noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... thirst.]
1. A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.
Milton. 2. (Zoology) A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.
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Dipsas is a genus of Asiatic and tropical American non-venomous snakes of the family Colubridae, of a very elongated form. With the ancients it was a snake whose bite was said to produce a mortal thirst.
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