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Asp
noun · 78% connection
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Atropine
noun · 78% connection
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also admi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Bag
noun · 78% connection
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Basilisk
noun · 78% connection
A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and eve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Batrachoid
adjective · 78% connection
Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous do…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Boa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Bungarum
noun · 78% connection
A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Caduceus
noun · 78% connection
The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Campion
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Cerastes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Cerberus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Coluber
noun · 78% connection
A genus of harmless serpents.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Crotalus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Ecdysis
noun · 78% connection
The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdys…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Echidnine
noun · 78% connection
The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Erect
adjective · 78% connection
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Family
verb · 78% connection
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
Fang
verb · 78% connection
The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, pertaining, elapidae, family, poisonous.
