python

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large nonvenomous constricting snake of the family Pythonidae, native chiefly to Africa, Asia, and Australia

   A rock python lay coiled on a branch above the trail.

2. 2
   noun

   Python: a high-level, general-purpose programming language noted for its readable syntax

   She used Python to analyze the survey data.

The snake name comes through Latin Python from Greek Python, the mythological serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo. The programming language is a separate namesake: Guido van Rossum named it after the comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, not after the snake.

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