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单词 coach-whip snake
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coach-whip snake
4. attributive, as coach-whip bird, coach-whip snake (see quots.).
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1737 Dr. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 256 The Coach-whip Snake; so called from its being very long and slender like a Coach-whip.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 219 The Coach whip snake..is 6 or 7 feet long, and very slender and active.
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 271/2 The ‘coach~whip’ bird..has a loud, full note, ending sharply like the crack of a whip.
1918 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. (ed. 4) 151 Rufous-breasted Whistler (Thickhead), Little Thrush, Ring Coachman, Coachwhip-Bird.
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