| 释义 |
cribo|ˈkraɪbəʊ, ˈkrɪbəʊ|
[Origin unknown.]
A large harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, found in tropical North, South, and Central America and the West Indies; also called gopher snake (s.v. gopher n.1 4) and indigo snake (s.v. indigo C 2.).
1871Kingsley At Last I. ii. 78 This snake..has no power against another West Indian snake, almost equally common, namely, the Cribo. 1918W. H. Hudson Far Away xii. 176 The Cribo of Martinique..kills and swallows the deadly fer-de-lance. 1957A. H. & A. A. Wright Handbk. Snakes U.S. & Canada I. 204 Mexican indigo snake... Other common names: Black gopher snake, blue bull snake, blue gopher snake, corais, cribo. |