Poisonous+snake

  • 41rat|tle|snake — «RAT uhl SNAYK», noun. a poisonous American snake with a thick body and a broad, triangular head, that makes a rattling noise with the rattle at the end of its tail. Rattlesnakes are pit vipers and include the timber rattlesnake and the… …

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  • 42Venomous snake — A venomous snake is a snake that uses modified saliva, venom, usually delivered through highly specialized teeth such as hollow fangs, for the purpose of prey immobilization and self defense. In contrast, non venomous species either constrict… …

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  • 43sea snake — noun any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick acting venom • Hypernyms: ↑snake, ↑serpent, ↑ophidian • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrophidae, ↑family… …

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  • 44Parassinikkadavu Snake Park — Parassinkkadavu Snake Park is about 16 km from Kannur town in Kannur district of north Kerala, south India. The Snake Park is a famous landmark in the district of Kannur at Parassinikkadavu, en route from Kannur to Taliparamba, 2 km from National …

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  • 45grass snake — n a common snake that is not poisonous …

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  • 46garter snake — n. harmless and common snake with yellow or red stripes running lengthwise and found in North and Central America; poisonous burrowing African snake which is usually dark with lighter strips …

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  • 47hissing of a snake — sound a snake makes; snake sound as symbolic for something poisonous and malignant …

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  • 48Venomous snake — Venomous Ven om*ous, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See {Venom}, and cf. {Venenose}.] 1. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 49hognose snake — /hawg nohz , hog / any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed. [1730 40, Amer.; HOG + NOSE] * * * Any of three or four… …

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  • 50grass snake — noun (C) a common snake that is not poisonous …

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