Krait

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Krait \Krait\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     A very venomous snake of India ({Bungarus coeruleus}), allied
     to the cobra. Its upper parts are bluish or brownish black,
     often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  krait
       n : brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of
           southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula