Often observed flicking its tongue, snakes use their forked tongue to smell the air. Snakes are ectotherms, meaning they must regulate their body temperature externally by sunning themselves or retreating to cool, shaded areas. Snakes hibernate during the winter. Snakes must shed their skin three to six times per year.
vanity noun [U]. âº the âpersonal âcharacteristic of being too âproud of and âinterested in yourself, esp. in âyour âappearance or âachievements. (Definition of vanity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come. 3. Trifling labor that produces no good. 4. Emptiness; untruth. Here I may well show the vanity of what is reported in the story of Walsingham. 5. Empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment. Sin with vanity had fill'd the works of men.