Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rock-snake.
  • noun A venomous serpent of the genus Bungarus, family Elapidæ (or Najidæ), native of India, and closely allied to the cobra, though the neck is not so dilatable. See Bungarus.

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  • He would have recoiled from the notion as from a Vobilite rock-serpent.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

  • He would have recoiled from the notion as from a Vobilite rock-serpent.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

  • He would have recoiled from the notion as from a Vobilite rock-serpent.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

  • He would have recoiled from the notion as from a Vobilite rock-serpent.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

  • He would have recoiled from the notion as from a Vobilite rock-serpent.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

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