python

py·thon (pī′t̸hän′, -t̸hən)

noun

Gr. Myth. an enormous serpent that lurks in the cave of Mount Parnassus and is slain by Apollo
any of a genus (Python, family Boidae) of very large, nonvenomous snakes of Asia, Africa, and Australia, that squeeze their prey to death
popularly any large snake that squeezes its prey to death

Etymology: L < Gr Pythōn < Pythō: see Pythian

Converse of subject

pick: Each volume in the Pocketfuls series is picked by a different Python and includes their best visual and verbal gags.

Converse of object

reticulate: I thought about the labial pits - infra-red sensors on the first four upper lip scales of the reticulated python.
install: Use python scripts on a machine that doesn't have python installed.
learn: People requiring very advanced shell programming skills are recommended to learn Python instead.
use: I want to make a habit of using Python now.
include: He told me he had killed snakes before - including a measly 13ft python - but had never taken one alive.

Adjective modifier

Burmese: The Reticulated python can reach a maximum length of over 30 feet; the Burmese python can reach lengths up to 20 feet.
movable: Movable Python is useful in the following situations: Machines where you can't install programs.
Indian: These range from Indian pythons to Vietnamese Golden geckos; from Sudanese plated lizards, to green iguanas.
large: Crocodiles and large pythons are the Nile monitors main predators, other than man.
different: Each volume in the Pocketfuls series is picked by a different Python and includes their best visual and verbal gags.

Modifies a noun

setup.py: If you have a source distribution, you need to run python setup.py install to install the new version.
-c: A third way of starting the interpreter is " python -c command [ arg ] .. .
script: The python script by default expects your data to be stored in a certain form.
interpreter: FiPy has a complete manual available and will run on any operating system with a python language interpreter.
module: The modules page has links to all the python modules I've written.
code: Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the " » " prompt.

Noun used with modifier

#!/usr/bin/env: The First CGI file #!/usr/bin/env python # ######### CGI header.. .
monty: New Darker Law May 31 2006, 09:49 PM For a true monty python moment, type " kill " .
rock: The next find of note was an African rock Python which was at least four meters long.

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