Slithering reptile that hisses Crossword Clue

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(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
(verb)
1. form a snake-like pattern
2. move along a winding path

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SLITHERING (adjective)
1. moving as on a slippery surface
REPTILE (noun)
1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

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