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SNAKE DANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("snake dance" is a kind of...):
ceremonial dance; ritual dance; ritual dancing (a dance that is part of a religious ritual)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group advancing in a single-file serpentine path
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("snake dance" is a kind of...):
file; Indian file; single file (a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other)
