(redirected from poles of the kidney) Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to poles of the kidney: upper pole of kidney. See: cudgel, end, extremity, termination. POLE. A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half. Vide Measure.
UNISEX: XIUHCOATL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning fire serpent or weapon of destruction.. MALE: APALALA: Hindi myth name of a water dragon. Meaning unknown. APEP: Egyptian name, possibly connected to the root pp, meaning to slither.. In mythology, Apep is the personification of evil, seen as a giant snake, serpent or dragon. Known as the Serpent of the Nile or Evil Lizard, he was an enemy of the sun god.
4. Echidna-Serpentine. Although half a nymph, according to Hesiod Theogony 295-305, the raw flesh-eating serpentine Echidna was the mother of many monsters in Greek mythology and one of the opponents the great hero Hercules had to face. Gaia's last son, the hundred-headed Typhon, was Echidna's mate.