Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An African snake (Hemachatus haemachatus) that has one or two whitish bands across the neck and sprays venom at the eyes of an attacker, occasionally causing blindness.
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- noun Alternative form of
rinkhals .
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- noun highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete Afrikaans : ring, ring (from Middle Dutch rinc; see sker- in Indo-European roots) + hals, neck (from Middle Dutch; see kwel- in Indo-European roots).]
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Examples
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They leapt to do his bidding, and presently discovered the _ringhals_ in its hole.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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To it, or rather to her hand, was hanging a great hooded snake of the cobra variety such as the Boers call _ringhals_.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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