Snakes are carnivorous. That means that they eat other animals. Snakes do not have the right kind of teeth to chew their food so they must eat their catch whole. Their jaw is structured in such a way that it allows the mouth to open wider than their own body in order to swallow their prey whole.
euphemistic - substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one; `peepee' is a common euphemistic term. inoffensive. dysphemistic, offensive - substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; `nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'. adjective polite, alternative, substitute, genteel the many euphemistic terms for death.
âº a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word: Senior citizen is a euphemism for old person. The article made so much use of euphemism that often its meaning was unclear.