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‖ krait East Ind.|kraɪt|
Also karait, korait.
[Hindī karait.]
A venomous snake of the genus Bungarus, esp. B. cæruleus, common in Bengal.
1874Fayrer Venom. Snakes Ind. Penins. (ed. 2) 14 After a night's dâk in a palanquin, a lady..found a Krait coiled up under her pillow. 1880Daily Tel. 18 Nov. 5/3 His charm against ‘the black snake’ and the ‘korait’. 1887Encylc. Brit. XXII. 196/2 The krait is probably, next to the cobra, the most destructive snake to human life in India. 1898Pall Mall Mag. Christm. No. 583 The snake..was a fine specimen of the karait. |