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night snake

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noun

  1. a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.

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Moroney, labourer, bitten on thigh at night, snake not identified.

From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.

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