单词 | geitje |
释义 | geitjen. South African. ? Obsolete. A venomous African lizard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types provincial1575 elephant1601 roquet1666 scorpion-lizard1709 Guernsey lizard1769 geitje1786 pleodont1840 ngarara1843 sleepy lizard1883 tucktoo1896 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 334 It is a fortunate circumstance, that the geitje is slow in its motions, and not of a very irritable disposition. 1812–15 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. II. 167 Poisonous lizards abound in old walls and forsaken houses. They are known by the name of geitjes. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 287 One species of lizard called the geitje..is considered very venomous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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