Definition of venom

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Venom (n.) Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging..

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Venomous :: Venomous (a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous..
Viperous :: Viperous (a.) Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue..
Galliwasp :: Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous..
Poisonous :: Poisonous (a.) Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) 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 teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
Envenoming :: Envenoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enveno.
Tsetse :: Tsetse (n.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year..
Ophiophagus :: Ophiophagus (n.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes..
Venom :: Venom (n.) Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Envenime :: Envenime (v. t.) To envenom.
Haye :: Haye (n.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp..
Bungarum :: Bungarum (n.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood..
Fer-de-lance :: Fer-de-lance (n.) A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle..
Adder :: Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
Krait :: Krait (n.) A very venomous snake of India (Bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish..
Alexiterical :: Alexiterical (a.) Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
Ularburong :: Ularburong (n.) A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous.
Tampan :: Tampan (n.) A venomous South African tick.
Fanfoot :: Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes..
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