jararaca means A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese jararaca, from Old Tupi îararaka.
noun
- A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.“The pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, for example, found that the venom of the jararaca snake could help control high blood pressure and used it to create the drug Captopril.”