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Ser⋅pens

  [sur-puhnz, -penz]
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–noun, genitive Ser⋅pen⋅tis  [ser-pen-tis] . Astronomy.
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda), with Ophiuchus in between.
Origin:
< L serpēns serpent, orig. prp. of serpere to creep, crawl; c. Gk hérpēs (cf. herpes, herpetology )
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Ser·pens   (sûr'pənz, -pěnz')   
n.  A constellation in the equatorial region of the northern sky, made up of two parts, Serpens Cauda, the "tail," and Serpens Caput, the "head," both near Hercules and Ophiuchus.

[Latin Serpēns, from serpēns, serpent; see serpent.]
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