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Meaning of பாம்பு in English

  • Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
  • Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
  • A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
  • The constellation Serpens.
  • A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
  • To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
  • To wind; to encircle.
  • A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.
  • Having the form of a serpent.
  • Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.
  • A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
  • A kind of ancient cannon.
  • To serpentize.
  • See 2d Ophite.
  • To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
  • Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.
  • A winding like a serpent's.
  • A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
  • Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
  • To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
  • To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
  • To crawl like a snake.

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