rinkhals

American

[ringk-hals] / ˈrɪŋk hæls /

noun

ringhals.

rinkhals British

/ ˈrɪŋˌhals, ˈrɪŋkˌhals /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of rinkhals

Afrikaans, literally: ring neck

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For instance, when the researchers applied both kinds of toxins from rinkhals venom to mouse nerves, the mix stimulated about twice as many nerve cells as the rinkhals’ three-finger toxins alone, they report today in Science.

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