| adder2 |
a small, poisonous snake found in Europe and Asia. |
| anaconda |
a very large snake found in South America. Anacondas are not poisonous but kill other animals by squeezing them until they cannot breathe. Anacondas can grow to over twenty feet long. |
| antivenin |
an antitoxin, esp. against snake venom, that is induced in animals by repeated small injections of the venom. |
| boa constrictor |
a large snake that lives in the tropical areas of Central and South America. Boa constrictors are pale brown with darker marks and are not poisonous. They kill their prey by winding around it and squeezing it until it cannot breathe. |
| bushmaster |
a large, poisonous, tropical American snake. |
| cobra |
a poisonous snake found in Asia and Africa. When excited, cobras are known to rear up and spread the skin of their necks into a shape like a hood. |
| congo eel |
an eellike salamander of the southeastern United States that has two pairs of small nonfunctioning legs; congo snake. |
| constrictor |
a snake that kills its prey by winding around it and squeezing it until it can not breathe. Pythons, boa constrictors, and anacondas are constrictors. |
| copperhead |
a poisonous snake that has a copper-colored body with darker bands. Copperheads are found in the southeastern United States. |
| coral snake |
a small, poisonous snake that has red, yellow, and black bands around its body. It is found in the southwestern part of the United States and in Central and South America. |
| cottonmouth |
a poisonous North American snake that lives in swamps; water moccasin. |
| eel |
a long fish that looks like a snake. Eels live in fresh water or salt water. |
| fang |
a long pointed tooth, such as the canine tooth of carnivorous animals or the hollow, grooved tooth by which a venomous snake injects its poison. [1/3 definitions] |
| fer-de-lance |
a large, venomous snake of Central and South America. |
| fox snake |
a harmless rat snake, having a yellowish color with dark patches on the back. |
| garter snake |
a small snake with stripes that does not harm people. It is common in North America. |
| grass snake |
any of several common small harmless snakes, such as the garter or green snake. |
| hood |
something that resembles such a covering, such as the parts of some flowers or the skin around the neck of a cobra snake. [1/3 definitions] |
| horned viper |
a highly poisonous snake of Africa, having a hornlike protrusion above each eye; asp. |
| mamba |
any of several poisonous snakes found in the African tropics, esp. a black or green tree snake. |
| milk snake |
a nonpoisonous king snake found in northeastern North America. |