Kilo Lingo

snake

/sneɪk/

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Translation

A long thin animal with no legs that moves along the ground.

Word origin

From Old English snaca, the old Germanic word for the crawling animal.

Origin
Old English
Root
snaca

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsnakes

Examples

through grass.

"Snake" is one long thin animal with no legs.

dangerous.

"Snakes" is the plural, meaning more than one snake.

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Here "snake" is the animal we are describing.

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This word is part of lesson 12.