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Definition of Krait
1. Noun. Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
Group relationships: Bungarus, Genus Bungarus
Specialized synonyms: Banded Adder, Banded Krait, Bungarus Fasciatus
Definition of Krait
1. n. A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus cœruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
Definition of Krait
1. Noun. Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus ''Bungarus'', of southeast Asia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Krait
1. a venomous snake [n -S]
Medical Definition of Krait
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Krait
Literary usage of Krait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner's Manual by Charles Warrenne Allen (1899)
"... of large size by a dangerous reptile —as the rattlesnake. . Calmette advocates
injection, while Fraser believes in swallowing the venom. krait bite ..."
2. The Nineteenth Century (1889)
"The krait is of a dark, almost steel-blue black to a chocolate brown, with narrow
white cross streaks, rings, or bars of white; the ventral surface is of a ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"We studied the condition of various nerve terminals, both in animals that die
after poisoning by krait venom and in nerve muscle preparations from the frog, ..."
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