Definition of Spitting snake

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

Exact synonyms: Hemachatus Haemachatus, Ringhals, Rinkhals
Generic synonyms: Elapid, Elapid Snake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spitting Snake

spittals
spitted
spitten
spitter
spitters
spittest
spitteth
spitting
spitting-cobra
spitting cobra
spitting cobras
spitting distance
spitting distances
spitting image
spitting images
spitting snake (current term)
spitting spider
spitting spiders
spittings
spittle
spittle insect
spittlebug
spittlebugs
spittles
spittly
spittoon
spittoons
spitty
spitwad
spitwads

Literary usage of Spitting snake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Angola and the River Congo by Joachim John Monteiro (1875)
"CHAPTER X. CUSTOMS — BURIAL — WHITE ANT — WASPS — FRUITS — SCENTS — SPITTING - SNAKE — SCARAB.EUS — LEMUR. THERE are several peculiar habits and customs, ..."

2. Angola and the River Congo by Joachim John Monteiro (1875)
"CHAPTER X. CUSTOMS — BURIAL — WHITE ANT — WASPS — FRUITS — SCENTS — SPITTING - SNAKE SCARAB^US LEMUR. THERE are several peculiar habits and customs, ..."

3. Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred Wilks Drayson (1858)
"... distressed by their own poison — Poison-spitting snake — A day's sport—Boa-constrictor killed—Its mode of attack—Size of the slain snake—Secretary-bird. ..."

4. Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred Wilks Drayson (1858)
"... distressed by their own poison — Poison-spitting snake — A day's sport—Boa-constrictor killed—Its mode of attack—Size of the slain snake—Secretary-bird. ..."

5. Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred Wilks Drayson (1860)
"... distressed by their own poison— Poison-spitting snake — A day's sport—Boa-constrictor killed—Its mode of attack—Size of the slain snake—Secretary-bird. ..."

6. Lake Ngami: Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings by Charles John Andersson (1857)
"The spitting snake.—The Black Snake.—Few Deaths caused by Snakes.—Antidotes for Snake-bites.—Return to Rehoboth. LEAVING Hans in charge of the men and ..."

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