Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The structure on each side of the head of a venomous serpent, near the articulation of the lower jaw, which secretes and contains the poisonous fluid, and from which the fluid is conveyed by a duct to the venom-fang.

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Examples

  • 1, Hinder half of the bead with the venom-sac of the opercular apparatus in situ.

    The Common Frog 1874

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