(bithoun)
means python and derives from the greek language.
Wikipedia:
In Greek
mythology, Python (Greek:
Πύθων,
gen.: Πύθωνος) was the earth-dragon
of Delphi, always
represented in Greek
sculpture and vase-paintings
as a serpent.
He presided at the Delphic oracle,
which existed in the cult center for his mother, Gaia,
"Earth," Pytho being the place name that was substituted
for the earlier Krisa.[1]
Hellenes considered the site to be the center
of the earth, represented by a stone, the omphalos
or navel, which Python guarded.
In
Turkish is piton.
LEXILOGOS:
LEXILOGOS:
python (n.)
1.large Old World boas
2.a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
Python (n.)
1.(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
Python (n.)
1.(MeSH)A
family of snakes comprising the boas, anacondas, and pythons. They
occupy a variety of habitats through the tropics and subtropics and are
arboreal, aquatic or fossorial (burrowing). Some are oviparous, others
ovoviviparous. Contrary to popular opinion, they do not crush the bones
of their victims: their coils exert enough pressure to stop a prey's
breathing, thus suffocating it. There are five subfamilies: Boinae,
Bolyerinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae, and Tropidophiinae. (Goin, Goin, and
Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p315-320)
