Definition of Death angel

1. Noun. Extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills.

Exact synonyms: Amanita Phalloides, Death Cap, Death Cup, Destroying Angel
Generic synonyms: Agaric
Group relationships: Amanita, Genus Amanita

Definition of Death angel

1. Noun. (alternative form of angel of death) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Angel

death
death's-head
death's-head hawkmoth
death's-head moth
death's head
death's herb
death-bed
death-knell
death-rattle
death-ray
death-roll
death-squad
death-watch beetle
death-watch beetles
death adder
death angel (current term)
death angels
death bed
death bell
death benefit
death by PowerPoint
death by chocolate
death by cop
death by spellcheck
death camas
death camp
death camps
death cap
death caps

Literary usage of Death angel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1849)
"... WWM Where the Death-Angel flics. At the rush of his wings The strongest grow pale ; The life-giving springs All suddenly fail ; The high and the lowly, ..."

2. The Monthly Religious Magazine (1862)
"THE DEATH-ANGEL. ANGEL of death ! we question not: Who asks of heaven, " Why does it rain ? " Angel, we bless thee, for thy kiss Hath hushed the lips of ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"See ANGEL OF HEATH ; ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT ; SPIRIT OP DEATH. Angel. ... See ANGEL OF DEATH; SPIRIT OF DEATH. Angel of the Attic (The). ..."

4. New Poems by Hannah Flagg Gould (1850)
"a- () THE DEATH-ANGEL. [Adapted to music.] CEASE, poor heart! thy pulse repeating ; Cease to move this weary breast. Thou, since first began thy beating, ..."

5. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"Unseen hands of spirits arc ringing his knell, And tho death-angel flaps his broad wing o'er the wave. ..."

6. The Huguenot Daughters: And Other Poems by Catharine Gendron Poyas (1849)
"THE DEATH-ANGEL. I SAW a happy child one day, Upon an emerald mead, at play With flowerets, scattered there by Spring, As she flew o'er on buoyant wing ..."

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