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hanuman_2000

#135885 Sat, 10 Sep 05 11:06 AM

Hi,

1.It was Karait, the dusty brown snakeling that lies for choice on the dusty earth;

What is meaning of the word in bold letter?

Thanks.

Joined on Thu, Aug 12 2004

INDIA

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pieanne

#135886 Sat, 10 Sep 05 11:09 AM

Baby snake? duck > duckling/ snake > snakeling

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

South of France ...But I'm Belgian!

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

MrPedantic

#136211 Sun, 11 Sep 05 08:53 AM

This is a variant of krait:

It's a snakeling because it's small.

MrP

Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004

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...opella forensis / adducit febris...