venomous
venomous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Zoöl.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
- 2.Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer. Venomous snake (Zoöl.), any serpent which has poison glands and fangs, whether dangerous to man or not. These serpents constitute two tribes, the viperine serpents, or Solenoglypha, and the cobralike serpents, or Proteroglypha. The former have perforated, erectile fangs situated in the front part of the upper jaw, and are without ordinary teeth behind the fangs; the latter have permanently erect and grooved fangs, with ordinary maxillary teeth behind them. -- Ven"om*ous*ly, adv. -- Ven"om*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
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- catching
- contagion
- contagious
- deadly
- death
- deleterious
- epidemic
- epizootic
- indigestible
- infectious
- innutritious
- insalubrious
- insalubrity
- killing
- malaria
- mephitic
- morbific
- narcotic
- noisome
- noxious
- pestiferous
- pestilent
- pestilential
- plague
- poison
- poisonous
- pot
- septic
- spot
- taking
- the
- toxic
- toxicity
- virulent
- zymotic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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