venomous snakes

  • 1venomous snakes — snakes that secrete substances (venoms) capable of producing a deleterious effect on either the blood (see hemotoxin) or the nervous system (see neurotoxin); the venom is injected into the body of the victim by the snake s bite. Called also… …

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  • 2Venomous snake — A venomous snake is a snake that uses modified saliva, venom, usually delivered through highly specialized teeth such as hollow fangs, for the purpose of prey immobilization and self defense. In contrast, non venomous species either constrict… …

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  • 3Snakes on a Plane — For the first single from Cobra Starship, see Snakes on a Plane (Bring It). Snakes on a Plane …

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  • 4venomous — adjective Date: 14th century 1. full of venom: as a. poisonous, envenomed b. noxious, pernicious < expose a venomous dope ring Don Porter > c. spiteful, malevolent < venomous criticism > 2. having a venom producing gland and able …

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  • 5Venomous mammals — are animals of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, or to defend themselves from predators. In modern nature, venomous mammals are quite rare. Venom is much more common among other vertebrates; there are&#8230; …

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  • 6Venomous fish — are fish that produce venom. There are at least 1200 species of venomous fish, and they include the Stonefish, Lionfish, Scorpion Fish, Stargazer, and Toadfish (Daector and Thalassophryne). [Grady, Denise&#8230; …

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  • 7Snakes on a Train — Infobox Film name = Snakes on a Train amg id = 1:354034 imdb id = 0843873 producer = director = The Mallachi Brothers writer = Eric Frosberg starring = Julia Ruiz Giovanni Bejarano Al Galvex | music = cinematography = editing = distributor = The&#8230; …

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  • 8venomous — ven·om·ous ven ə məs adj 1) POISONOUS 2) having a venom producing gland and able to inflict a poisoned wound &LT;the vipers, pit vipers, and coral snakes are venomous&GT; * * * ven·o·mous (venґ&#601; m&#601;s) secreting venom; cf. toxic …

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  • 9List of snakes in Colorado — This is a list of the known venomous and non venomous snakes in Colorado, United States. Non Venomous Snakes Blind Snake: Rare(Texas)New Mexican Blind Snake Leptotyphlops d. dissectus (S.E. CO)Glossy Snake: SecureKansas Glossy Snake Arizona e.&#8230; …

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  • 10List of snakes in Kansas — This is a list of Kansas snakes, including Venomous as well as Non Venomous snakes native to the state of Kansas. Venomous species *Cottonmouth ( Agkistrodon piscivorus ) *Copperhead ( Agkistrodon contortrix ) *Timber Rattlesnake ( Crotalus&#8230; …

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