Meanings
- rareuncountableSnakes 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 122 more examples
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 403The point is that poor snake was inadvertently providing that same public service to other snakes so that snakekind and porcupinekind, will be all the better for it.
2015 July 16, Steve Galea, “Learning from snakes”, in Minden Times, page 6
Origin
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