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The Kiss of the Enchantress (Isobel Lilian Gloag, c. 1890), inspired by Keats's "Lamia", depicts Lamia as half-serpent, half-woman. Lamia (/ ˈ l eɪ m i ə /; Ancient Greek: Λάμια, romanized: Lámia), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or "daimon".
The lamia (or lamina) (plural: lamiak or laminak) is a siren or nereid-like creature in Basque mythology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lamiak are typically portrayed as living in and around rivers. They are depicted as beautiful, long-haired women with webbed duck feet, usually found at the river shore brushing their hair with a golden comb and seducing men.
The venom of P. lemniscatus is composed of protein families typically present in snake venom, such as metalloproteinase and serine proteases, L-amino acid oxidases, Phospholipases A2s, C type lectines-like, Kunitz-type proteins, and three finger toxins. Activity assays demonstrated a highly Gelatinolytic component, as well as a potent ...
This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and 3,738 species: [1] Acanthophis Acanthophis antarcticus Acanthophis cryptamydros
He is killed by Lucy Gray Baird with a snake mutation, finishing 3rd overall before Lucy Gray and Reaper. In the movie he joined the District 4 alliance with Tanner and was killed when he inhaled rat poison Lucy Gray dropped on him. His assigned mentor is Vipsania Sickle. Lamina is the District 7 female tribute in the 10th Hunger Games. She ...
Elapidae (/ ə ˈ l æ p ə d iː /, commonly known as elapids / ˈ ɛ l ə p ə d z /, from Ancient Greek: ἔλαψ élaps, variant of ἔλλοψ éllops "sea-fish") [6] is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth.
Ahaetulla, commonly referred to as Asian vine snakes or Asian whip snakes, is a genus of colubrid snakes distributed throughout tropical Asia.They are considered by some scientists to be mildly venomous and are what is commonly termed as 'rear-fanged' or more appropriately, opisthoglyphous, meaning their enlarged teeth or fangs, intended to aid in venom delivery, are located in the back of the ...
The lamina is the most peripheral neuropil of the insect visual system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are twelve distinct neuron classes in the lamina: the lamina monopolar cells L1-L5, two GABAergic feedback neurons (C2 and C3), two wide-field feedback neurons (Lawf1 and Lawf2), lamina intrinsic amacrine neurons (Lai) and the T1 basket cell.