nonvenomous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Despite their fears, the garter snake is a nonvenomous species, and as its other moniker suggests, helps keep gardens clear of other pests by preying on them.
From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2022
Six of the 12 nonvenomous animals were rat snakes, including one wrapped hoselike around an actual water hose and another actively investigating a rocking chair on a front porch, alive and slithering.
From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2022
The nonvenomous species is a highly-aquatic snake, and is also referred to as an “eel moccasin” after its penchant for eating eel, the agency said.
From Fox News • Feb. 24, 2020
They are nonvenomous, excellent mouse catchers, and they are illegal to kill in Iowa.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2018
He had nonchalantly plucked it off its perch and it now rests in his palm, looking as sedate and nonvenomous as a spider the size of an adult’s palm can look.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2016
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