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Venom's definition is "the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc".
If venom is poison by definition, then wouldn't something venomous be poisonous? I know people argue venom is injected, and poison is ingested, but under the definition of poison it does not specifically say it has to be ingested.
Venom definition source- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/venom
If venom is poison by definition, then wouldn't something venomous be poisonous? I know people argue venom is injected, and poison is ingested, but under the definition of poison it does not specifically say it has to be ingested.
Venom definition source- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/venom