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Biscione
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thumb|200px|The coat of arms of the Visconti of Milan showing the biscione wearing a crown
The biscione (English: "big grass snake"), less commonly known also as the vipera, is in heraldry a charge consisting of a divine serpent with a child in its mouth; the serpent may be variously described as being in the act of swallowing the child, or the child may be emerging from its mouth.
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