serpent
serpent [-'s] n
OFr < L. 'creeping thing, crawling, serpent'.
- Snake; long slender legless creeping reptile.
- Asp; cobra; viper; venomous snake; noxious reptile; [fig.] deceiver; liar; prevaricator; tempter; beguiling creature in the Garden of Eden; [metaphor] Satan; Lucifer; the Devil; (see Genesis 3:1-4).