serpent

IPA: sˈɝpʌnt

(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
(figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
(music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
the constellation Serpens
(figuratively) Satan

Examples of "serpent" in Sentences

The word serpent, or viper, is used to denote both cunning and malignancy.
The serpent is an exaggeration of the python which grows to an enormous size.
In Act One, the serpent is talking to Eve: You see things, and say why-always why?
Glen Kubans 'look at the Zuiyo Maru "sea serpent" is also a good and relevant read.
In the Lewis they call the serpent _righinn_, that is, '_a princess; _' and they say that the serpent is a princess bewitched.
The Muslims also say that only a very few parts of the New Testament Injil or Gospels can be trusted and the Apostle Paul whom they call a serpent is form Satan and not from God.
Practitioners, or self-described sign-followers, prefer the term serpent-handling to snake-handling noting that they incorporate poisonous reptiles not common snakes into religious worship.
The image here comes from Norse mythology, in which the Midgard serpent is “of such an enormous size that holding his tail in his mouth he encircles the whole earth” (Bulfinch [1855] 2003: 333).
As Eve gave her confidence to the serpent, she lost confidence in God, and went on to believe that when _God_ had said, "In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," and the _serpent_ said, "Ye shall not surely die," it was the serpent that spoke the truth.