Scytale

See also: scytale

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “staff, club; serpent, of uniform roundness and thickness”)

Proper noun

Scytale f

1. Agkistrodon, a genus of venomous pit vipers

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Scytale”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Agkistrodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia