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Krai vs Krait - What's the difference?

krai | krait |

As nouns the difference between krai and krait

is that krai is a region or province in russia () while krait is any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus bungarus , of southeast asia.

krai

English

(wikipedia krai)

Alternative forms

* kray

Noun

(en noun)
  • A region or province in Russia ().

    • See also

    * oblast

    Anagrams

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    krait

    English

    Alternative forms

    * karait

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus , of southeast Asia.
  • * 2007 , A. Philip Parham, Feeling Free , page 190,
    • "Now, if you run into one of these kraits , you better NOT run away else you're a goner. It'll catch you for sure and you will die in your tracks."
  • * 2009 , Kate Jackson, Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo , page 295,
    • Very much in my thoughts is Joe Slowinski, a herpetologist killed a few years earlier by a misidentified juvenile krait , a snake so small that he couldn't tell if the fang had punctured the skin.
  • * 2011 , Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions , page 71,
    • India has a healthy share of poisonous snakes, including kraits , cobras, and two species of vipers, yet Hindu traditions are overwhelmingly snake-friendly.

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