snake doctor (snak doktor)

1. The dobson or hellgrammite. [Pennsylvania.] -2. A dragon-fly, horse-stinger, or mosquito-hawk. [Local, U. S.] Also snake - feeder . snake-eater (snak'ē"ter), n. eater. snake's-egg South Africa. There are a good many such lizards, belonging to different genera and families of Lacer til i a, popularly mistaken for and called snakes. The blindworm or slow-worm of Europe ( Anguis ), the scheltopusik ( Pseudo pus ), and the American gla -snake ( Ophiosaurus ) are of this character, as are all the amphisbænians. See snake, n., 3, and cuts under blindworm, gla - snake, and schelto pusik. snake-locked (snāk'lokt), a. Having snaky locks or something ing like them: as, snake - locked Medusa; the snake - locked anemone, a kind of sea-anemone, Sagartia viduata . snake-mo (snāk'môs), n. The common club- mo , Lycopodiun Lycopodium clavatum . Imp . Dict . snakemouth (snāk'mouth), n. The snake's- mouth orchis, Pogonia ophioglo oides . snake neck (snāk'nek), n. A snaky-necked snak bird; the snake-bird. There was nothing to vary the uniform prospect [in the White Nile region], except perhaps here and there a solitary snake - neck [ Plotus leve ill anti ), or a cormorant perched on some tall ambach. The Academy , Oct. 11, 1890, p. 312. snakenut, snakenut-tree (snāk'nut, -trē), n. See Ophiocaryon. snake-piece (snāk'pēs), n. Naut., same as pointer , 3. snake pipe (snāk'pīp), n. A species of Equise- tum , especially E. arvense. snake-prooft (snāk pröf), a. Proof against venom; hence, proof against envy or malice. [Rare.] I am snake - proof ; and though, with Hannibal, you bring whole hogsheads of vinegar-railings, it is impo ible for you to quench or come over my Alpine resolution. Dekker, Gull's Hornbook. snake-rat (snāk'rat), n . The common Alexandrine or black rat, Mus rattus or alex and rin us . A variety of it is known as the white - bellied rat, or roof Same as serpent- rat, Mus tectorum. It is one of the two longest and best IMG:content-1388.jpg:[graphic]