The Collaborative International Dictionary
Venomous \Ven"om*ous\, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See Venom, and cf. Venenose.]
Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
(Zo["o]l.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
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Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.
Venomous snake (Zo["o]l.), any serpent which has poison glands and fangs, whether dangerous to man or not. These serpents constitute two tribes, the viperine serpents, or Solenoglypha, and the cobralike serpents, or Proteroglypha. The former have perforated, erectile fangs situated in the front part of the upper jaw, and are without ordinary teeth behind the fangs; the latter have permanently erect and grooved fangs, with ordinary maxillary teeth behind them. [1913 Webster] -- Ven"om*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"om*ous*ness, n.
Wikipedia
Venomous snakes are species of the suborder Serpentes that are capable of producing venom, which is used primarily for immobilizing prey and defense mostly via mechanical injection by fangs. Common venomous snakes include the families Elapidae, Viperidae, Atractaspididae, and some of the Colubridae. The toxicity of them is mainly indicated by murine , while multiple factors are considered to judge their potential danger to humans.
Usage examples of "venomous snake".
The legend is that if his payment is not made, then next time he will lead the man who cheated him to a venomous snake or a maneating lion.
She had heard the name spoken with fascination and revulsion, the way one speaks of a deadly, venomous snake.
A venomous snake, the color of which blended closely with the surrounding hideous jungle!
The burning of don Paulino's hut, a tiger breaking into the corral of the widow of don Modesto, the death of don Gonzalo's two youngest children, who had been stung by scorpions, and the paralysis of don Antonio on account of the bite of a venomous snake were the topics they discussed.
Beside him Gurd's face assumes a look of terror the like of which I've not seen since we were tramping through the Macian Hills and a large and venomous snake suddenly reared up and bit him on the leg.
Michael hated them as he might hate a venomous snake, he dropped the Sopwith's nose fractionally and touched the firing lever.
It hung and dangled like a thin venomous snake, then fell away as I flattened the tube and dropped that in too.
I guess the exception would be a venomous snake, if you go on the assumption that the longer it bites you the more poison it pumps in, which may or may not be true, but vampires aren’.
I guess the exception would be a venomous snake, if you go on the assumption that the longer it bites you the more poison it pumps in, which may or may not be true, but vampires arent venomous.
A fifteen-year-old lad slipped a venomous snake into the vehicle of a French colonel.
She felt odd watching them like this, as if she were observing a venomous snake caged in a glass tank—.