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Deadliness anaconda South American boa constrictor; longest and deadliest of its kind. [Zoology: NCE, 317] monstrous reptile; has fatal breath and glance. [Gk. Folklore: Jobes, 184]
poisonous spider; consumes her mate after mating. [Zoology: NCE, 308] largest of all snakes; squeezes its victims in a deadly grip. [Zoology: NCE, 317] bite believed to mean certain death. [Folklore: Jobes, 352] deadly pit viper in eastern U.S. [Zoology: NCE, 652] its bite is deadly. [Zoology: NCE, 654] small but venomous lizard found in U.S. desert. [Zoology: NCE, 1084] one-eyed, fire- and plague-breathing monster whose eye could strike men dead. [Babyl. Myth.: Gilgamesh; Benét, 485] deadly; Hercules dipped his arrows in it. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149] South American carnivorous fish. [Zoology: EB, VIII: 1] a long tentacled jellyfish whose sting can be deadly. [Zoology: NCE, 1408] nonvenomous jungle snake crushes its victims. [Zoology: NCE, 2252] venomous snake, often deadly. [Zoology: NCE, 2281] large and ferocious fish, sometimes man-eating. [Zoology: NCE, 2493] spider with a deadly venom. [Zoology: NCE, 2695] Asian and East Indian tree juice, extremely poisonous. [Eur. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 926] (or adder) poisonous snake family; puff adder is deadliest of all. [Zoology: NCE, 2898] (also cottonmouth) highly poisonous snake found in southern U.S. [Zoology: NCE, 2490] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now, in allusion to the white, silent stillness of death in this shark, and the mild deadliness of his habits, the French call him Requin. Yet when he had brought down many to the ground which nourishes men, his own might and deadliness were brought low. It was the sum of many of them that constituted deadliness. |
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