red-lipped, participial adjective

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AfrikaansShow more Translation of Afrikaans rooilip, rooilipslang, rooi red + lip lip, lipped (+ slang snake).
In the special collocations red-lipped herald, red-lipped snake: the herald, Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia.
1910 [see herald].
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 395Red-lipped snake,..The upper lip of this snake is a bright red colour.
1962 V.F.M. Fitzsimons Snakes of Sn Afr. 187One of best known and most widespread snakes in Africa. (Known as red-lipped snake over most of S.A. and as herald snake in E. Cape.) Back-fanged.
1967 S.M.A. Lowe Hungry Veld 102Hope to God it’s not a puff adder or a night adder...I’ll suck the bite for safety, but I think it is just a red lipped herald.
1970 [see herald].
In the special collocations red-lipped herald, red-lipped snake:the herald, Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia.
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