| 释义 |
‖ jiboya|dʒɪˈbɔɪə|
[Tupi giboia (boia = serpent).]
A Brazilian name of the great boa, also called boiguaçú.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 842 [Brazil] Of Snakes without venome, he numbereth the Giboya, some of which are twentie foote long, and will swallow a Deere whole. Ibid. 839 Iaboya. [1648W. Piso De Med. Brasil. iii. 41 Boiguaçu sive Iiboya, serpentium omnium facile maximus.] 1712W. Rogers Voy. 52 That Monster call'd Jiboya, or the Roebuck-Serpent, which I enquir'd after. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VII. 225. 1839 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XX. 145/1 Boa constrictor, Linn{ddd}is met with in Surinam and Brazil, in woody districts... It is..commonly known by the name of Jiboya. |