snaca

snaca, m/f.n: snake, reptile, perhaps even a scorpion. (SNAH-ka / ˈsna-ka)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a two-legged, two-winged dragon-like creature with a very long neck and even longer tail, coiled around in circles.
Boa in the Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 69r. [abdn.ac.uk]

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