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snakeman

snakeman noun: a mythological creature that is part man and part snake.

Noun

snakeman (plural snakemen)

  1. A mythological creature that is part man and part snake.
    • Finally I must mention a film slipped into the Festival at the last moment The Monster Club directed by Roy Ward Baker, an amusing parody of horror movies with vampires, werewolves, snakemen, waspwomen, ghouls and other weird creatures enjoying themselves to the beat of pop music.1980 November, J.R.L. Reyner, “Edinburgh ’80”, in Continental Film & Video Review, number 337 / volume 28, number 1, page 17
    • ‘Think you Aberius made these snakemen out of air, to cover his wanting to turn back?’ ‘He tells the truth with a face that shouts lie, yet this time I think he may actually have seen something. That’s not to say it was what he says it was. Ah, I know not, Conan. Snakes that walk like men.’1982, Robert Jordan, Conan the Invincible, Sphere Books, published 1985, →ISBN, page 89

Forms of snakeman

pluralsnakemen

Origin of snakeman

From snake + man.

Questions about snakeman

What does snakeman mean?
Snakeman means a mythological creature that is part man and part snake.
What part of speech is snakeman?
Snakeman is a noun.
What is the plural of snakeman?
The plural of snakeman is snakemen.

Words near snakeman in the dictionary

  1. snakeline
  2. snakelines
  3. snakeling
  4. snakelings
  5. snakely
  6. snakeman
  7. snakemeat
  8. snakemen
  9. snakemouth
  10. snakemouths
  11. snakeneck

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