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RINGHALS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ringhals mean?
• RINGHALS (noun)
The noun RINGHALS has 1 sense:
1. highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
Familiarity information: RINGHALS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hemachatus haemachatus; ringhals; rinkhals; spitting snake
Hypernyms ("ringhals" is a kind of...):
elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)
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