[ˈpʌɪθn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large heavy-bodied non-venomous snake occurring throughout the Old World tropics, killing prey by constriction and asphyxiation

- a high-level general-purpose programming language


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek Puthōn, the name of a huge serpent killed by Apollo. The main current sense dates from the early 19th century