snakeling

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English

Etymology

From snake +‎ -ling.

Noun

snakeling (plural snakelings)

  1. diminutive of snake
    Synonym: snakelet
    • 1894, Rudyard Kipling, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi:
      But just as Teddy was stooping, something flinched a little in the dust, and a tiny voice said: "Be careful. I am death!" It was Karait, the dusty brown snakeling that lies for choice on the dusty earth; and his bite is as dangerous as the cobra's. But he is so small that nobody thinks of him, and so he does the more harm to people.
    1. a snake hatchling
    2. a young snake
    3. a small snake

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