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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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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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Baby snake? duck > duckling/ snake > snakeling

  • Baby snake?
  • duck > duckling/ snake > snakeling
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Baby snake? duck > duckling/ snake > snakeling
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This is a variant of krait:

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

It's a snakeling because it's small.

MrP

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