Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

rinkhals

American  
[ringk-hals] / ˈrɪŋk hæls /

noun

  1. ringhals.

rinkhals British  
/ ˈrɪŋˌhals, ˈrɪŋkˌhals /

noun

  1. Also called: spitting snake.  a venomous elapid snake, Hemachatus hemachatus of southern Africa, which spits venom at its enemies from a distance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rinkhals

Afrikaans, literally: ring neck

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.