Dipsas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dipsas \Dip"sas\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? thirst.]
     1. A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.
        --Milton.
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     2. (Zool.) A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.


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