˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

ringhals

[ ring-hals ]

noun

  1. a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) away.


Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ringhals1

From Afrikaans, equivalent to ring “band, ring†+ hals “n±ð³¦°ìâ€; ring 1
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Then the ringhals crawled out—the ugly five feet length o’ livin’ death—and there and then gorged the rat.

From

It did not occur to him that a man who had shot lions in the open was not likely to be afraid of an everyday ringhals—not at the time, at least.

From

The "ringhals" in the veldt are very deadly.

From

They leapt to do his bidding, and presently discovered the ringhals in its hole.

From

To it, or rather to her hand, was hanging a great hooded snake of the cobra variety such as the Boers call ringhals.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement