snakebite
See also: snake bite and snake-bite
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[edit]snakebite (countable and uncountable, plural snakebites)
- (countable, literal) The bite of a snake.
- 2022 November 7, Sam Bradpiece, “At Guinea's only specialized snakebite clinic, doctors need luck and antivenom”, in NPR:
- Mohamed's father said his son was a studious young man with a passion for soccer. "He was someone that we all thought would go very far," he said. Mohamed was the third member of his family to suffer a fatal snakebite within 12 months.
- 2025 May 2, Ari Daniel, “He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom”, in NPR:
- For Tim Friede, who's now the director of herpetology at Centivax, it's about helping the people impacted by venomous snakebites worldwide. When he heard that his antibodies had helped create this new antivenom cocktail, he says he was happy.
- (countable, uncountable, alcoholic beverages) A cocktail made with equal parts lager and hard cider.
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 231:
- We agreed to go down to the bar and get a snakebite together, […]
- (countable) A pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.
- Coordinate term: angel bites
- Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.
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[edit]bite of a snake
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Category:Snakebites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Category:Snakebite piercings on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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