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BANDED KRAIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does banded krait mean?
• BANDED KRAIT (noun)
The noun BANDED KRAIT has 1 sense:
1. sluggish krait banded with black and yellow
Familiarity information: BANDED KRAIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sluggish krait banded with black and yellow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
banded adder; banded krait; Bungarus fasciatus
Hypernyms ("banded krait" is a kind of...):
krait (brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula)
Context examples
The researchers studied the venom composition, activities and toxicities of India’s neglected venomous snake species, including the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), and Sind krait, and found that the standard Indian antivenom had disturbing deficiencies.
(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)
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