- Deadly snake - Poisonous snakes - Venomous Indian snake - 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.
- Poisonous snakes - A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix),
closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also
copper-belly, and red viper. - A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States
who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
- As an afterthought, watch out for snakes! - Cobras seen in exotic spas - Donkey swallowed quiet snakes - Egyptian cobras - Egyptian snakes - Poisonous snakes - Sacred creatures of old
- A cause of some infectious diseases - Disease carrier - Harmful computer program - Infective agent - Source of infection - Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers,
the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons. - The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and
acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is
introduced into the organism and maintained there.