[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

snake \snake\, n. as. snaca; akin to lg. snake, schnake, icel.
   sn=akr, sn?kr, dan. snog, sw. snok; of uncertain origin.
   zool.
   any species of the order ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
   whether harmless or venomous. see ophidia, and serpent.
   1913 webster

   note: snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
         larger number are harmless to man.
         1913 webster

   blind snake, garter snake, green snake, king snake,
   milk snake, rock snake, water snake, etc. see under
      blind, garter, etc.

   fetich snake zool., a large african snake python
      sebae used by the natives as a fetich.

   ringed snake zool., a common european columbrine snake
      tropidonotus natrix.

   snake eater. zool.
   a the markhoor.
   b the secretary bird.

   snake fence, a worm fence which see. u.s.

   snake fly zool., any one of several species of
      neuropterous insects of the genus rhaphidia; -- so
      called because of their large head and elongated neck and
      prothorax.

   snake gourd bot., a cucurbitaceous plant trichosanthes
      anguina having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
      that of the serpent cucumber.

   snake killer. zool.
   a the secretary bird.
   b the chaparral cock.

   snake moss bot., the common club moss lycopodium
      clavatum. see lycopodium.

   snake nut bot., the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
      ophiocaryon paradoxum of guiana, the embryo of which
      resembles a snake coiled up.

   tree snake zool., any one of numerous species of
      colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
      especially those of the genus dendrophis and allied
      genera.
      1913 webster
see also:
ophidia serpent blind snake garter snake green snake king snake 
milk snake rock snake water snake blind garter 
fetich snake python sebae ringed snake tropidonotus natrix snake eater 
snake fence snake fly rhaphidia snake gourd trichosanthes anguina 
snake killer snake moss lycopodium clavatum lycopodium snake nut 
ophiocaryon paradoxum tree snake dendrophis 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chaparral \cha`parral"\, n. sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen
   oak.
   1. a thicket of low evergreen oaks.
      1913 webster

   2. an almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets
      of thorny shrubs and brambles.
      1913 webster

   chaparral cock; fem. chaparral hen zool., a bird of the
      cuckoo family geococcyx californianus, noted for
      running with great speed. it ranges from california to
      mexico and eastward to texas; -- called also road
      runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. it
      is the state bird of new mexico.
      1913 webster +pjc chapati
see also:
chaparral cock chaparral hen geococcyx californianus road runner ground cuckoo churea 
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