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Vinony

krait

noun

  1. any of several highly venomous snakes of the genus Bungarus of South and Southeast Asia
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɹaɪt/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi करैत (karait), possibly from Kurux, a Dravidian language.

  1. Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.

    “On visiting the General Hospital, on the morning of the 22nd of August, I was informed that one of the punkah coolies had been bitten about 8.30 p.m., the night before, by a krait, whose venom is virulently poisonous.”

    “Now, if you run into one of these kraits, you better NOT run away else you're a goner. It'll catch you for sure and you will die in your tracks.”