snakekind

Noun

snakekind (uncountable)

1. (rare) Snakes collectively.
   • […] he handled a Rattlesnake^([sic]) with his naked hands, without receiving any harm from it, though thought to be most venomous of the Snakekind^([sic]).1951, Loutrel W. Briggs, Charleston Gardens, Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, page 12
   • Lastly, let me, for the sake of snakekind correct a common error [and point out] that eighty snakes out of every hundred are perfectly harmless and render useful service in nature (Oct.3; 89:276).1995, Rajmohan Gandhi, “The Last Lap” (chapter 11), in The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Ghandi, New Delhi: Penguin Books, published 1997, page 403