Definition of Jararacas

1. Noun. (plural of jararaca) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jararacas

1. jararaca [n] - See also: jararaca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jararacas

japingly
japings
japonaiserie
japonaiseries
japonica
japonicas
japped
japping
japs
jar
jar-owl
jar-owls
jar against
jarandolite
jararaca
jararacas (current term)
jararaka
jararakas
jarbua terapon
jardiniere
jardinieres
jards
jarful
jarfuls
jargle
jargled
jargles
jargling
jargon
jargon aphasia

Literary usage of Jararacas

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

1. The naturalist on the river Amazons by Henry Walter Bates (1863)
"In conversing on the subject of jararacas as we walked onwards, every one of the ... I met, in the course of my daily rambles in the woods, many jararacas, ..."

2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... these jararacas, that have a great smell of Muske, and wheresoever they bee, they are descried by the good and fragrant smell they have. ..."

3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"There are other smaller jararacas, that the greatest is about hälfe a yard long, they are of an ..."

4. In the Amazon Jungle: Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River by Algot Lange, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1912)
"These snakes are called by the Brazilians jararacas and are very poisonous; however, I had no fear for myself as I wore heavy buffalo-hide boots, ..."

5. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1906)
"There are other smaller jararacas, that the greatest is about halfe a yard long, they are of an ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... and its bite, nearly always mortal, is immediately followed by the most poignant suffering. The jararacas- sfi is a larger variety of the preceding. ..."

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