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Venomous-snake genus
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elaps
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elaps \E"laps\, n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake , under Coral .
Usage examples of elaps.
By a strange perversion of facts, while the harmless hog-nosed snake enjoys a repute of terror, the Elaps, most dangerous of all American reptiles, is commonly regarded as harmless.
Experimenters wishing to secure the venom of the Elaps often find it difficult to rouse the snake to striking wrath.
Out of eight well-authenticated cases of Elaps bite, six of the victims died.