käärmemäinen — meaning in English

English meaning

• serpentine adj Winding and twisting like a snake.

Senses

käärmemäinen is used for these senses in English:

• anguine Snakelike.
• ophidian Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
• snaky Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.

serpentine — full definition

1. adj Winding and twisting like a snake.
2. adj Cunning or deceitful, in the manner traditionally associated with snakes.
3. noun A greenish mineral with a scaly, snake-skin-like appearance.

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