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jararacas

jararacas is the plural of jararaca.

Meaning of jararaca

Noun

jararaca (plural jararacas)

  1. A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.
    • The pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, for example, found that the venom of the jararaca snake could help control high blood pressure and used it to create the drug Captopril.2008 May 18, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Whose Rain Forest Is This, Anyway?”, in New York Times

Questions about jararacas

What is jararacas the plural of?
Jararacas is the plural of jararaca.

Words near jararacas in the dictionary

  1. Jarama
  2. Jaramillo
  3. Jaramillos
  4. jarandolite
  5. jararaca
  6. jararacas
  7. jararacussin
  8. jararacussu
  9. jararacussus
  10. jararaka
  11. jararakas

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