Alternative to a snake Crossword Clue

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Alternative to a snake Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
SNAKE (noun)
1. a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
2. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
SNAKE (verb)
1. form a snake-like pattern
2. move along a winding path

Hint 2: Anagram

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ADORN

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