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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.
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pieanne  +  135886 Sat, 10 Sep 05 11:09 AM

Baby snake? duck > duckling/ snake > snakeling

 

 
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MrPedantic  +  136211 Sun, 11 Sep 05 08:53 AM

This is a variant of krait:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krait

It's a snakeling because it's small.

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