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noun

A snake of the family pythonidae; a python.

adjective

Of or relating to the family pythonidae.

adjective

Of or relating to pythons, especially when regarded as constituting a subfamily (pythoninae) of the family boidae.

noun

A pythonine snake; a python.

noun

Communication with or possession by a spirit; occult power derived from this; divination.

noun

Pythoness.

noun

A person who claims to be possessed by, and to speak the words of, a spirit; a soothsayer; a fortune-teller; a conjuror.

noun

A snake of this form or group.

noun

Originally: any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order pythonomorpha (corresponding to the present-day suborder mosasauria); a mosasaur; (now disused). now: any reptile of the clade pythonomorpha, which comprises the mosasaurs together with modern snakes.

adjective

Of or relating to the order or clade pythonomorpha.

noun

Originally: any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order pythonomorpha (corresponding to the present-day suborder mosasauria); a mosasaur; (now disused). now: any reptile of the clade pythonomorpha, which comprises the mosasaurs together with modern snakes.

adjective

Of or relating to the order or clade pythonomorpha.

noun

A large heavy-bodied non-venomous snake occurring throughout the old world tropics, killing prey by constriction and asphyxiation.

Примеры использования:

Anacondas are related to boa constrictors and pythons.

noun

The presence of pus in the urine, typically from bacterial infection.

Примеры использования:

Because of hematuria, bacteriuria and pyuria, susan had been treated for a urinary tract infection …

noun

The container in which the consecrated bread of the eucharist is kept.

Примеры использования:

He wanted to restore to churches what he called ‘the real thing: vestments, pyxes, sedilia, road sc…

noun

The container in which the consecrated bread of the eucharist is kept.

Примеры использования:

He wanted to restore to churches what he called ‘the real thing: vestments, pyxes, sedilia, road sc…

adjective

Box-like, having a lid; having the form of a pyxidium.

noun

A small box or casket.

proper noun

A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the compass box or mariner's compass), lying in the milky way between vela and puppis.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation pyxis.

Примеры использования:

The star alpha pyxidis

noun

A seed capsule that splits open so that the top comes off like the lid of a box.

noun

A seed capsule that splits open so that the top comes off like the lid of a box.

noun

In full "pyxie moss". a prostrate, mosslike evergreen shrub, pyxidanthera barbulata (family diapensiaceae), which bears numerous tiny white or pink flowers and is found in the pine barrens of new jersey and the carolinas.

noun

In full "pyxie moss". a prostrate, mosslike evergreen shrub, pyxidanthera barbulata (family diapensiaceae), which bears numerous tiny white or pink flowers and is found in the pine barrens of new jersey and the carolinas.

noun

A small box or casket.

proper noun

A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the compass box or mariner's compass), lying in the milky way between vela and puppis.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation pyxis.

Примеры использования:

The star alpha pyxidis