serpentry

English

Etymology

serpent + -ry

Noun

serpentry (countable and uncountable, plural serpentries)

  1. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
  2. All serpents and serpent-like creatures, as a collective body

References

  • serpentry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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