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bandy-bandy

bandy-bandy noun: any member of the genus Vermicella of venomous elapid snakes.

bandy-bandy: any member of the genus Vermicella of venomous elapid snakes
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Noun

bandy-bandy (plural bandy-bandies)

  1. Any member of the genus Vermicella of venomous elapid snakes.
    Synonyms:
    hoop snake
    1. (especially) A smooth-scaled, glossy venomous snake (Vermicella annulata), having alternating black and white rings around its body.

Synonyms of bandy-bandy

Forms of bandy-bandy

pluralbandy-bandies

Origin of bandy-bandy

From an indigenous dialect of Kattang, from the Taree region, New South Wales.

Questions about bandy-bandy

What does bandy-bandy mean?
Bandy-bandy means any member of the genus Vermicella of venomous elapid snakes.
What part of speech is bandy-bandy?
Bandy-bandy is a noun.
What is the plural of bandy-bandy?
The plural of bandy-bandy is bandy-bandies.

Words near bandy-bandy in the dictionary

  1. bandy
  2. bandy about
  3. bandy around
  4. bandy words
  5. bandy-bandies
  6. bandy-bandy
  7. bandy-coot
  8. bandy-coots
  9. bandy-legged
  10. bandyball
  11. bandying

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