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Word: sweetish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Diego Zoo, Klauber milked 5,171 of them by opening their mouths with a metal claw, hooking their fangs over the edge of a cup and pressing out the contents of their poison glands. The venom, he says, is almost odorless. Its taste is first astringent, then turns sweetish. It makes the lips tingle a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rattlesnakes, A to Z | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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