venom
noun
the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
venoms
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pluralof venom.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The scientific research in those cases involved work around the mosquito-born chikungunya virus, a "highly-pathogenic" strain of the bird flu, a family of viruses that include smallpox and mpox, venoms and other toxins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
It could also bind to and inhibit toxins from the venoms of several other rattlesnake species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
For the past five years, The Liana Trust has been studying venoms from species beyond the big four to develop antidotes to them.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
And so natural selection would have endowed organisms with means that help them solve conflicts in their favor: fangs, antlers, neurotoxic venoms.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2022
About stings and venoms and beginnings and endings and all the creatures that no one else seems to understand.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
