gwarda

English

Alternative forms

• gwardar
• gwarder

Etymology

From Nyunga gwanda, gunda.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑːdə/

Noun

gwarda (plural gwardas)

1. A very venomous Australian snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis.
   • 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 152:

     At the time he was recovering from another snake bite, a gwarder, and not himself.

Anagrams

• Dargwa, Gwadar