krait Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula

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Krait noun
Etymology
Native name.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913