spectacled snake

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spectacled snake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spectacled \Spec"ta*cled\, a.
     1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
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              As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. --Keats.
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     2. (Zool.) Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or
        patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.
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     Spectacled bear (Zool.), a South American bear (Tremarclos  ornatus
        ) which inhabits the high mountains of Chili and
        Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye.
  
     Spectacled coot, or Spectacled duck (Zool.), the surf
        scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.]
  
     Spectacled eider (Zool.) See Eider.
  
     Spectacled goose (Zool.), the gannet.
  
     Spectacled snake (Zool.), the cobra de capello.
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