Krait
/kɹaɪt/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.
"On visiting the General Hospital, on the morning of the 22nd of August, I was informed that one of the punkah coolies had been bitten about 8.30 p.m., the night before, by a krait, whose venom is virulently poisonous."
- 2 brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula wordnet
Example
More examples"On visiting the General Hospital, on the morning of the 22nd of August, I was informed that one of the punkah coolies had been bitten about 8.30 p.m., the night before, by a krait, whose venom is virulently poisonous."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi करैत (karait), possibly from Kurukh.