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Webster 1913 Edition


Jararaca


Jarˊa-ra′ca

,
Noun.
[Pg., from the native name.]
(Zool.)
A poisonous serpent of Brazil (
Bothrops jararaca
), about eighteen inches long, and of a dusky, brownish color, variegated with red and black spots.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jararaca

JARARACA

,
Noun.
A species of serpent in America, seldom exceeding 18 inches in length,having prominent veins on its head, and of a dusky brownish color, variegated with red and black spots. It is very poisonous.

Definition 2024


jararaca

jararaca

English

Wikispecies

Noun

jararaca (plural jararacas)

  1. A species of venomous snake found in South America, Bothrops jararaca.
    • 2008 May 18, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Whose Rain Forest Is This, Anyway?”, in New York Times:
      The pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, for example, found that the venom of the jararaca snake could help control high blood pressure and used it to create the drug Captopril.