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venomous

[ven-uh-muhs] / ˈvɛn ə məs /


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Venomous snakebites may receive less attention from health organizations than contagious viruses and bacterial infections, but their toxic effects make them one of the deadliest neglected tropical diseases.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2023

Venomous was pretty much the default tone for anything the paper’s publisher, Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, didn’t happen to like.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

Venomous, beautiful lionfish, native to the Pacific and Indian oceans, are wreaking havoc on Caribbean reef habitats.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022

Old book title: “The Thanatophidia of India. Being a description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

“A Venomous Viper poisoning the R——l Mind,” 132.

From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham




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