venomous
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
venomous /ˈvɛnəməs/
▶adjective
- 1 secreting or capable of injecting venom.
- 2 very malicious or spiteful.
– derivatives
venomously adverb,
venomousness noun.
venomously adverb,
venomousness noun.
'venomous' also found in these Oxford entries:
adder
- black widow
- boomslang
- butterfly fish
- cobra
- copperhead
- coral snake
- death adder
- dugite
- funnel-web spider
- Gaboon viper
- garter snake
- Gila monster
- king cobra
- krait
- mamba
- moccasin
- nematocyst
- pit viper
- platypus
- python
- redback
- scorpionfish
- scorzonera
- sea snake
- snake
- spurdog
- stonefish
- taipan
- treacle
- viper
- weever
- whip snake
