snake headed tortoises

pl. Zoology : The genus Hydromedusa, from Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, and southern Brazil. The buckler is large and flat, the neck and the head long and pointed. snake-line, s. Naut.: Line used in worming a rope. †snake-lizard, s. Zoology ( pl . ): Lizards without visible limbs, as Amphisbæna, Anguis, and Pseudopus. snake-mo , s. Bot.: Lycopodium clavatum. snake-neck, s. [SNAKE-BIRD.]