Banded Adder (Noun)
Meaning
Sluggish krait banded with black and yellow.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The banded krait is often mistaken for a common snake but has a more distinctive pattern of black and yellow bands.
- Due to the nocturnal nature of the banded adder it is rarely spotted during daytime hours.
- During a trip through the rainforest a banded krait escaped into a nearby bush.
- The zoologist dedicated years of study to the banded adder a venomous snake commonly found in southern Asia.
- Years later it happened that the one that got away was a rare specimen of a banded adder coiled quietly beneath some debris.