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any of several slender, arboreal colubrid snakes of the genus Oxybelis, ranging from southern Arizona to Bolivia.

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I never actually tried to swing from tree vine to tree vine, but I did consider it.
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This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
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The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
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The Vine appears at intervals, but is not general through this region: Indian Corn is also rare, and appears in small patches.
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He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
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The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merry have sighed.
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