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What is an ouroboros?

What is an ouroboros? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mythology) A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.
  2. A picture or symbol representing this.
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The ouroboros is a symbol associated with many different religions and customs, and is claimed to be related to alchemy.
The ouroboros eats its own tail to sustain its life, in an eternal cycle of renewal.
Not talking about our personal experiences with abortion wasn't conscious – it felt like a habit, a flimsy ouroboros of obfuscation.
The blog, which ran only for about a year, and the book that followed, is riotously funny, a love letter, a sendup and an Ouroboros all in one.
Briefly the characters or the like present on the earth at the center and the most visible, the ouroboros biting its tail, a sign of resurgence.
Its most apposite characterisation is the archetypal image of ouroboros, the serpent that eats its own tail.

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