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ring·hals

(rĭng′hăls′) also rink·hals (rĭngk′-)

n. pl. ring·hals·es also rink·hals·es

An African snake (Hemachatus haemachatus) that has one or two whitish bands across the neck and sprays venom at the eyes of an attacker, occasionally causing blindness.

[Obsolete Afrikaans : ring, ring (from Middle Dutch rinc; see sker- in Indo-European roots) + hals, neck (from Middle Dutch; see k^wel- in Indo-European roots).]

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ringhals - highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet

Hemachatus haemachatus, rinkhals, spitting snake

elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres

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(MHI) has received an order for pressurizer nozzle spool piece replacement work on the Ringhals 3 reactor at the Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden.

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STOCKHOLM, Sha'ban 1, 1433, Jun 21, 2012, SPA -- Sweden has raised the security level at its nuclear power plants after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern Ringhals atomic power station, AP reported.