krait

Feb. 26th, 2014 07:16 am
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krait (KRAYT) - n., any of several brightly banded, venomous sankes of southern and southeastern Asia.


Highly venomous but generally placid. Their prey tends to be other snakes. Name is from Hindi/Urdu karait, of unknown origin but Sanskrit kāla-, black, may have something to do with it.

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