ringhals

American  

[ring-hals] / ˈrɪŋ hæls /

noun

1. a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) away.

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Etymology

Origin of ringhals

From Afrikaans, equivalent to ring “band, ring” + hals “neck”; see ring ¹

Example Sentences

The goggles are for protection against the deadly ringhals, which not only bites but spits venom six feet with tobacco-chewer's accuracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

I let him be, and three days arter there were the blamed ringhals in my bar’l again.

From Tales from the Veld by Glanville, Ernest

Then the ringhals crawled out—the ugly five feet length o’ livin’ death—and there and then gorged the rat.

From Tales from the Veld by Glanville, Ernest

To it, or rather to her hand, was hanging a great hooded snake of the cobra variety such as the Boers call ringhals.

From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider

They leapt to do his bidding, and presently discovered the ringhals in its hole.

From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider