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ROCK PYTHON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rock python mean?
• ROCK PYTHON (noun)
The noun ROCK PYTHON has 1 sense:
1. very large python of tropical and southern Africa
Familiarity information: ROCK PYTHON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large python of tropical and southern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Python sebae; rock python; rock snake
Hypernyms ("rock python" is a kind of...):
python (large Old World boas)
Holonyms ("rock python" is a member of...):
genus Python (Old World boas)
Context examples
Even the appearance of a very ordinary rock python does not appear to justify such a liberty.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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