PYTHON

[py.thon] n [L, monstrous serpent killed by Apollo, fr. Gk Python, fr. Pytho Delphi] (1836): any of various large constricting snakes (as a boa); esp: any of the large oviparous snakes (subfamily Pythoninae of the family Boidae) of Africa, Asia, Australia , and adjacent islands that include some of the largest existing snakes