jararacan.
/dʒɑːrəˈrɑːkə/ A venomous serpent of Brazil ( Bothrops Jararaca) of the family Crotalidæ.
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1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 842 Snakes, as the Iararaca, of..foure kinds, of muskie sent, one ten spannes long.
1704 tr. J. Nieuhof Voy. Brasil in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. II. 16/1 The Serpent Jararaka is short, seldom exceeding the length of an Arm to the Elbow.
1825 A. Caldcleugh Trav. S. Amer. I. ii. 40 The jararáca is sometimes..six feet in length.
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