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py⋅thon

1  [pahy-thon, -thuhn]
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any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 ft. (6 m): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.
Origin:
1580–90; < NL; special use of Python
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py⋅thon

2  [pahy-thon, -thuhn]
–noun
1. a spirit or demon.
2. a person who is possessed by a spirit and prophesies by its aid.
Origin:
1595–1605; < LGk pȳ́thōn; relation to Python unclear

Py⋅thon

  [pahy-thon, -thuhn]
–noun Classical Mythology.
a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.
Origin:
< L Pȳthōn < Gk Pȳ́thōn
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py·thon   (pī'thŏn', -thən)   
n.  Any of various nonvenomous snakes of the family Pythonidae, found chiefly in Asia, Africa, and Australia, that coil around and suffocate their prey. Pythons often attain lengths of 6 meters (20 feet) or more.

[Probably French, from Latin Pȳthōn, mythical serpent killed by Apollo near Delphi; see Python.]
Py·thon   (pī'thŏn', -thən)   
n.  

  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

    1. A soothsaying spirit or demon.

    2. A person possessed by such a spirit.


[Latin Pȳthōn, from Greek Pūthōn; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]
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python 
1590, the fabled serpent, slain by Apollo, near Delphi, from L. Python, from Gk. Python, probably related to Pytho, the old name of Delphi, perhaps itself related to pythein "to rot." Zoological application to large non-venomous snakes of the tropics is from 1836, originally in Fr.
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Python
1. A simple, high-level interpreted language invented by Guido van Rossum in 1991. Python combines ideas from ABC, C, Modula-3 and Icon. It bridges the gap between C and shell programming, making it suitable for rapid prototyping or as an extension language for C applications. It is object-oriented and supports packages, modules, classes, user-defined exceptions, a good C interface, dynamic loading of C modules and has no arbitrary restrictions.
Python is available for many platforms, including Unix, Windows, DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Amoeba.
Latest version: 2.5, as of 2007-02-21.
(http://python.org/).
Usenet newsgroup: comp.lang.python.
(2007-02-21)
2. A compiler for CMU Common LISP. Python is more sophisticated than other Common Lisp compilers. It produces better code and is easier to use. The programming environment based on the Hemlock editor is better integrated than GNU Emacs based environments.
(1997-02-27)

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