käärme — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adder noun A small venomous snake found across Europe, including Britain, marked with a dark zigzag pattern down its back.
- serpent noun A snake, especially a large or dangerous one, or a snake-like mythical creature.
- snake noun A long, legless reptile that moves by slithering, some species of which are venomous.
- worm noun A long, thin, legless invertebrate, such as an earthworm.
Senses
käärme is used for these senses in English:
- Serpens (constellation) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius.
- adder A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
- ophidian Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
- serpent (now, literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
- snake Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
- worm (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent or any kind of dragon.
adder — full definition
- noun A small venomous snake found across Europe, including Britain, marked with a dark zigzag pattern down its back.
- noun A person or device that performs addition.
serpent — full definition
- noun A snake, especially a large or dangerous one, or a snake-like mythical creature.
- noun A cunning or treacherous person.