5 uses
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Definition
a snake
- Her hair was moving, writhing like serpents.Chapter 11 (62% in)
- At first I was too stunned to say anything, but as the mist retreated, coiling into a huge green serpent and slithering back into the mouth of the mummy, I cried, "Wait!Chapter 9 (69% in)
- It had the head of a lion with a blood-caked mane, the body and hooves of a giant goat, and a serpent for a tail, a ten-foot-long diamondback growing right out of its shaggy behind.Chapter 13 (74% in)
- I tried to regain my balance, but I was so worried about defending myself against the fiery lion's mouth, I completely forgot about the serpent tail until it whipped around and sank its fangs into my calf.Chapter 13 (85% in)
- I tried to jab Riptide into the Chimera's mouth, but the serpent tail wrapped around my ankles and pulled me off balance, and my blade flew out of my hand, spinning out of the hole in the Arch and down toward the Mississippi River.Chapter 13 (86% in)
There are no more uses of "serpent" in The Lightning Thief.
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