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Python
 
SYLLABICATION:Py·thon
PRONUNCIATION:  pthn, -thn
NOUN:1. Greek Mythology A dragon or serpent that was the tutelary demon of the oracular cult at Delphi until killed and expropriated by Apollo. 2. python a. A soothsaying spirit or demon. b. A person possessed by such a spirit.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin Pthn, from Greek Pthn. See dheub- in Appendix I.
 
 
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