"krait" meaning in English

See krait in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɹaɪt/ [UK], /kɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-krait.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kraits [plural], karait [alternative], korait [alternative]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi करैत (karait), possibly from Kurux, a Dravidian language. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|करैत}} Hindi करैत (karait), {{der|en|kru|-}} Kurux Head templates: {{en-noun}} krait (plural kraits)
  1. Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia. Translations (snake): بُنْغار (bunḡār) [masculine] (Arabic), শঁকা সাপ (xõka xap) (Assamese), গোৱলা সাপ (güola xap) (Assamese), কেউটে (keuṭe) (Bengali), малайски крайт (malajski krajt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ငန်းမြွေ (ngan:mrwe) (Burmese), 環蛇 /环蛇 (waan⁴ se⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 環蛇 /环蛇 (huánshé) (Chinese Mandarin), 雨傘節 /雨伞节 (yǔsǎnjié) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), bungaro (Esperanto), kraitti (Finnish), bongare [masculine] (French), 遮仔節 /遮仔节 (châ-é-chiet) (Hakka Chinese), करैत (karait) (Hindi), katang (Indonesian), bungaro [masculine] (Italian), ಕಟ್ಟುಹಾವು (kaṭṭuhāvu) (Kannada), ពស់ក្រាយ (pŭəhkraay) (Khmer), ກ່ານປ້ອງ (kān pǭng) (Lao), ສາມລຽມ (sām līam) (Lao), ຕຳຕານ (tam tān) (Lao), ທຳທວນ (tham thūan) (Lao), ທຳທານ (tham thān) (Lao), ທັປທານ (thap thān) (Lao), 𥰔仔節 /𥰔仔节 (phín-á-chat) (Min Nan Chinese), 雨傘柄 /雨伞柄 (hou6 suan3 bên3) (Min Nan Chinese), niemrawiec [animate, masculine] (Polish), крайт (krajt) [masculine] (Russian), búngaro [masculine] (Spanish), కట్లపాము (kaṭlapāmu) (Telugu), ทับทาง (táp-taang) (Thai), krait yılanı (Turkish), rắn cạp nong (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-krait-en-noun-9ZxvTjyB Categories (other): Assamese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Min Nan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Elapid snakes Derived forms: Andaman krait (taxonomic: Bungarus andamanensis), banded krait (taxonomic: Bungarus fasciatus), blue krait (taxonomic: Bungarus candidus), Burmese krait (taxonomic: Bungarus magnimaculatus), common krait (taxonomic: Bungarus caeruleus), greater black krait (taxonomic: Bungarus niger), Indian krait (taxonomic: Bungarus caeruleus), lesser black krait (taxonomic: Bungarus lividus), many-banded krait (taxonomic: Bungarus multicinctus), northeastern hill krait (taxonomic: Bungarus bungaroides), red-headed krait (taxonomic: Bungarus flaviceps), Red River krait (taxonomic: Bungarus slowinskii), sea krait (taxonomic: Laticauda spp.), Sind krait (taxonomic: Bungarus sindanus), Sri Lankan krait (taxonomic: Bungarus ceylonicus), Suzhen's krait (taxonomic: Bungarus suzhenae)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ငန်းမြွေ"
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          "roman": "waan⁴ se⁴",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "環蛇 /环蛇"
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          "code": "hak",
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          "roman": "châ-é-chiet",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "遮仔節 /遮仔节"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "huánshé",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "環蛇 /环蛇"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "yǔsǎnjié",
          "sense": "snake",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "雨傘節 /雨伞节"
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          "code": "nan",
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          "roman": "phín-á-chat",
          "sense": "snake",
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          "code": "nan",
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          "roman": "hou6 suan3 bên3",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "雨傘柄 /雨伞柄"
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "snake",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "snake",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "snake",
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          "word": "bongare"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "karait",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "करैत"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "katang"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "snake",
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          "word": "bungaro"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
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          "roman": "kaṭṭuhāvu",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ಕಟ್ಟುಹಾವು"
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        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
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          "roman": "pŭəhkraay",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ពស់ក្រាយ"
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        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
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          "roman": "kān pǭng",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ກ່ານປ້ອງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
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          "roman": "sām līam",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ສາມລຽມ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "lang_code": "lo",
          "roman": "tam tān",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ຕຳຕານ"
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          "roman": "tham thūan",
          "sense": "snake",
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          "code": "lo",
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          "roman": "tham thān",
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          "roman": "thap thān",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ທັປທານ"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "snake",
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          "word": "niemrawiec"
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          "roman": "krajt",
          "sense": "snake",
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          "word": "крайт"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "snake",
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          "word": "búngaro"
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          "code": "te",
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          "roman": "kaṭlapāmu",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "కట్లపాము"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "táp-taang",
          "sense": "snake",
          "word": "ทับทาง"
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          "sense": "snake",
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus magnimaculatus",
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus caeruleus",
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus niger",
      "word": "greater black krait"
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus caeruleus",
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus lividus",
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus multicinctus",
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus bungaroides",
      "word": "northeastern hill krait"
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus flaviceps",
      "word": "red-headed krait"
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus slowinskii",
      "word": "Red River krait"
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      "taxonomic": "Laticauda spp.",
      "word": "sea krait"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus sindanus",
      "word": "Sind krait"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bungarus ceylonicus",
      "word": "Sri Lankan krait"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Bungarus suzhenae",
      "word": "Suzhen's krait"
    }
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      "करैत",
      "करैत#Hindi"
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        "plural"
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        "alternative"
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        "Terms with French translations",
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        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Kannada translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Lao translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Thai translations",
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        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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          "text": "On visiting the General Hospital, on the morning of the 22nd of August, I was informed that one of the punkah coolies had been bitten about 8.30 p.m., the night before, by a krait, whose venom is virulently poisonous.",
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              40
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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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        "Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia."
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          "Bungarus",
          "Bungarus#Translingual"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "bunḡār",
      "sense": "snake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "بُنْغار"
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      "sense": "snake",
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      "sense": "snake",
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      "roman": "keuṭe",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "কেউটে"
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      "roman": "malajski krajt",
      "sense": "snake",
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "ngan:mrwe",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ငန်းမြွေ"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "lang_code": "yue",
      "roman": "waan⁴ se⁴",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "環蛇 /环蛇"
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      "lang_code": "hak",
      "roman": "châ-é-chiet",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "遮仔節 /遮仔节"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "huánshé",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "環蛇 /环蛇"
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yǔsǎnjié",
      "sense": "snake",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "phín-á-chat",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "𥰔仔節 /𥰔仔节"
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      "roman": "hou6 suan3 bên3",
      "sense": "snake",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "bungaro"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "kraitti"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "snake",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "karait",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "करैत"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "katang"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "snake",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "bungaro"
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      "code": "kn",
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      "lang_code": "kn",
      "roman": "kaṭṭuhāvu",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ಕಟ್ಟುಹಾವು"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "roman": "pŭəhkraay",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ពស់ក្រាយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "kān pǭng",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ກ່ານປ້ອງ"
    },
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "sām līam",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ສາມລຽມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "tam tān",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ຕຳຕານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "tham thūan",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ທຳທວນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "tham thān",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ທຳທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "roman": "thap thān",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ທັປທານ"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "snake",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "niemrawiec"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "krajt",
      "sense": "snake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крайт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "snake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "búngaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "roman": "kaṭlapāmu",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "కట్లపాము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "táp-taang",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "ทับทาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "krait yılanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "snake",
      "word": "rắn cạp nong"
    }
  ],
  "word": "krait"
}

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