(Australia, informal) A small-bore shotgun, or rifle firing rat shot, used to defend against snakes.

plural of snake pit

A pit filled with snakes. / (figuratively) Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people.

A tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.

plural of snake gourd

The vine Trichosanthes cucumerina, found across much of southern and southeastern Asia, from Pakistan to southern China to northern Australia.

Any of various primitive aquatic snakes in the monotypic family Acrochordidae (the single genus Acrochordus).

Thamnophis sauritus, a common garter snake endemic to eastern North America.

Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, the broad-banded copperhead. / Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead. / Lampropeltis getula getula, the eastern kingsnake.

Any of various North American colubrid snakes.