All 7 Uses

serpent
in
The Alchemist, by Scott
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Tendrils and wisps of green mist gathered in Fleming's palms, then curled in ornate patterns and drifted onto the floor, where they writhed like serpents.†
Chpt 2 *

serpents = snakes
The twins were looking into the heavens when a shadow flickered across the face of the moon, a speck that might have been a bird except that the wingspan was too wide, and no bird had that serpentlike neck and tail.†
Chpt 19
Crouching directly in front of them was a creature that was neither bird nor serpent, but something caught in between.†
Chpt 19

serpent = snake
Luckily, the deadly serpent had just fed and had chosen to ignore him, giving him the seconds he'd needed to scramble away.†
Chpt 21
The huge, serpentlike pterosaurs belonged to his darkest nightmares, and when they'd come hopping out of the night, he'd felt his heart hammering so powerfully that the skin on his chest had actually pulsed.†
Chpt 21
Initially, the winged serpents had brought chaos and confusion to the cats and birds, but they were lumbering and awkward on the ground, and most had been killed once they'd landed.†
Chpt 29

serpents = snakes
The serpent hilt came to life and hissed at her.†
Chpt 32

serpent = snake

Definitions:

(1) (serpent)
a snake
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.