KRAIT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("krait" is a kind of...):

elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "krait"):

banded adder; banded krait; Bungarus fasciatus (sluggish krait banded with black and yellow)

Holonyms ("krait" is a member of...):

Bungarus; genus Bungarus (kraits)

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