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Noguchi, Hideyo

(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, HideyoNoguchi, Hideyohēdāˈyō nōg&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1876–1928, Japanese bacteriologist, grad. Tokyo Medical College, 1897. He came to the United States c.1900 to work with…

serpent

(Encyclopedia) serpent, term sometimes used to designate the larger species of snakes in mythology and folklore, a name often applied to any sinuous, crawling creature, chiefly to a snake. No sea…

rattlesnake

(Encyclopedia) rattlesnake, poisonous New World snake of the pit viper family, distinguished by a rattle at the end of the tail. The head is triangular, being widened at the base. The rattle is a…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Snake

by EmilyDickinsonIn the GardenThe MushroomThe Snake The Snake A narrow fellow in the grass Occasionally rides; You may have met him, — did you not, His notice sudden is. The grass…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Snake

by EmilyDickinsonThe WoodpeckerXXA Snake A Snake Sweet is the swamp with its secrets, Until we meet a snake; 'T is then we sigh for houses, And our departure take At that enthralling…