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Definition of Langaha
1. n. A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.
Definition of Langaha
1. a Madagascan wood snake [n -S]
Medical Definition of Langaha
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Langaha
Literary usage of Langaha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(4) langaha, Brug. Head covered with plates; muzzle salient and pointed; anterior
half of the tail completely encircled with entire rings, and the posterior ..."
2. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"langaha nasuta, Shaw, Naturalist's Misc. xxii. t. 968, and Zool. iii. t. 127.
... Half-grown. Madagascar. From the Paris Museum. 2. langaha CRISTA-GALLI. ..."
3. Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, Or the Central and Western Rajpoot by James Tod (1873)
"But Husein Shah advanced with the langaha Pat'lians.lT clothed in armour with
iron helms, ... T These langaha Fat'hans were proselytes from the Solanki ..."
4. Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life by Catherine Cooper Hopley (1882)
"These spurs are merely modifications of the epidermis like the rest; but are, no
doubt, endowed with peculiar Profile of langaha. sensitiveness, ..."
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