From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpythonpy‧thon /ˈpaɪθən $ -θɑːn, -θən/ noun [countable] HBAa large tropical snake that kills animals for food by winding itself around them and crushing them
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python• Who wanted to go to the Snake Park in Nairobi and pay two shillings just to see a python?• The voices were cut off as suddenly as the squeaks of a mouse were stifled by the lightning grip of his python.• Along came a man carrying a large python.• I found myself in front of the reticulated python.• At first it appeared to be empty, but then, on the dappled ground, I saw a rock python.• A tongue or a mouse's tail retracts within the lipless smile of a green tree python.• Around the coast and in river valleys there are stretches of tropical jungle with pythons and other snakes.Origin python (1800-1900) Latin name of a large snake killed by Apollo, from Greek 