Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very deadly snake, Trigonocephalus atrox, of Guiana and eastern Brazil. It is grayish brown with darker markings, the coloration harmonizing with the dead leaves and fallen branches.
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Examples
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He now adds the pounded fangs of the labarri and counacouchi snakes, -- which he generally has in store, as well as the ants.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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One, Pedro told us, was the venomous _labarri_; and another, the largest among the venomous reptiles in America, known as the _curucu_, or bushmaster (_Lachesis mutus_).
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Very probably we should fall into the hands of savages, who would keep us in slavery; at all events, we should have to encounter several wild beasts and venomous serpents, -- the mighty boa, or anaconda, or the still more terrible bush-master, or labarri, so dreaded in this region.
The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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It appeared to me, as I caught sight of its head, to be one of the most venomous species -- the labarri.
The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The labarri -- another beautiful snake, adorned with the colours of the rainbow -- produces certain death by its envenomed bite.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The labarri snake is speckled, of a dirty brown colour, and can scarcely be distinguished from the ground or stump on which he is coiled up; he grows to the length of about eight feet and his bite often proves fatal in a few minutes.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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This was the poison which is so dreadful in its effects as to render the labarri-snake one of the most poisonous in the forests of Guiana.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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I once caught a fine labarri and made it bite itself.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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The pounded fangs of the labarri snake and those of the counacouchi are likewise added.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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The labarri-snake is very poisonous, and I have often approached within two yards of him without fear.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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