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Definition of Spitting snake
1. Noun. Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spitting Snake
Literary usage of Spitting snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Angola and the River Congo by Joachim John Monteiro (1875)
"CHAPTER X. CUSTOMS — BURIAL — WHITE ANT — WASPS — FRUITS — SCENTS — SPITTING -
SNAKE — SCARAB.EUS — LEMUR. THERE are several peculiar habits and customs, ..."
2. Angola and the River Congo by Joachim John Monteiro (1875)
"CHAPTER X. CUSTOMS — BURIAL — WHITE ANT — WASPS — FRUITS — SCENTS — SPITTING -
SNAKE SCARAB^US LEMUR. THERE are several peculiar habits and customs, ..."
3. Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred Wilks Drayson (1858)
"... distressed by their own poison — Poison-spitting snake — A day's sport—Boa-constrictor
killed—Its mode of attack—Size of the slain snake—Secretary-bird. ..."
4. Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred Wilks Drayson (1858)
"... distressed by their own poison — Poison-spitting snake — A day's sport—Boa-constrictor
killed—Its mode of attack—Size of the slain snake—Secretary-bird. ..."
5. Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred Wilks Drayson (1860)
"... distressed by their own poison— Poison-spitting snake — A day's sport—Boa-constrictor
killed—Its mode of attack—Size of the slain snake—Secretary-bird. ..."
6. Lake Ngami: Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings by Charles John Andersson (1857)
"The spitting snake.—The Black Snake.—Few Deaths caused by Snakes.—Antidotes for
Snake-bites.—Return to Rehoboth. LEAVING Hans in charge of the men and ..."
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