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

• “Scytale”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Agkistrodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia