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| ring·hals [ ríng hàlss ] (plural ring·hals or ring·hals·es) |
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spitting snake: a snake related to the cobra that has a small rough-skinned black or brown body and can spit jets of venom from its fangs at an aggressor. Native to: southern Africa. Latin name Hemachatus hemachatus.
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| [Late 18th century. < Afrikaans, "ring-neck," from the one or two white rings across the snake's neck] |
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