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Venom vs Opisthoglyphous - What's the difference?

venom | opisthoglyphous |

As a noun venom

is a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.

As a verb venom

is to infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

As an adjective opisthoglyphous is

whose teeth include an enlarged pair at the back of the maxillae which normally angle backwards and are grooved to channel venom into the puncture.

venom

English

Noun

(wikipedia venom) (en noun)
  • A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.
  • * Milton
    • Hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
  • (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the venom of such looks

    Derived terms

    * nonvenomous * venomous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
    • Venomed vengeance. — Shakespeare.
    ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)
  • poison, venom

    • See also

    * venen * venod

    opisthoglyphous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a snake) Whose teeth include an enlarged pair at the back of the maxillae which normally angle backwards and are grooved to channel venom into the puncture.

    • Coordinate terms

    * aglyphous * proteroglyphous * solenoglyphous