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Definition of krait in English: kraitnoun krʌɪtkraɪt A highly venomous Asian snake of the cobra family. 环蛇 Genus Bungarus, family Elapidae: several species, including the black and yellow banded krait (B. fasciatus). See also sea krait Example sentencesExamples - The toxins of certain snakes (e.g. the banded krait) and of bacteria also block neuromuscular transmission and paralyse their victim.
- According to a study conducted by SPCA in the area, there are kraits, cobras and vipers in the area.
- Like the cobra, the poison of the krait is also neuro-toxic and the venom is at least 10 times more powerful than that of a cobra, they add.
- In northern Kerala it was mainly the bite of the Russell's viper and down here in Tamil Nadu, it is a mixture of the cobra and the krait.
- Other animals include snakes, such as the cobra, king cobra, and banded krait and countless insects and spiders.
- ‘People mostly mistake this snake for a krait and kill it immediately, even though it is non-venomous and cannot do much harm,’ says Ataaz.
- Snakes are common in Cuc Phuong; some, such as the banded krait, are deadly poisonous.
- When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my Indian nanny ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait,’ she explains.
OriginLate 19th century: from Hindi karait. Definition of krait in US English: kraitnounkrītkraɪt A highly venomous Asian snake of the cobra family. 环蛇 Genus Bungarus, family Elapidae: several species, including the black and yellow banded krait (B. fasciatus). See also sea krait Example sentencesExamples - Snakes are common in Cuc Phuong; some, such as the banded krait, are deadly poisonous.
- Like the cobra, the poison of the krait is also neuro-toxic and the venom is at least 10 times more powerful than that of a cobra, they add.
- Other animals include snakes, such as the cobra, king cobra, and banded krait and countless insects and spiders.
- The toxins of certain snakes (e.g. the banded krait) and of bacteria also block neuromuscular transmission and paralyse their victim.
- According to a study conducted by SPCA in the area, there are kraits, cobras and vipers in the area.
- In northern Kerala it was mainly the bite of the Russell's viper and down here in Tamil Nadu, it is a mixture of the cobra and the krait.
- When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my Indian nanny ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait,’ she explains.
- ‘People mostly mistake this snake for a krait and kill it immediately, even though it is non-venomous and cannot do much harm,’ says Ataaz.
OriginLate 19th century: from Hindi karait. |