SPITTING SNAKE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet

Synonyms:

Hemachatus haemachatus; ringhals; rinkhals; spitting snake

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spitting snake" is a kind of...):

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

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