单词 | jiboya |
释义 | jiboyan. A Brazilian name of the great boa n., also called boiguaçú. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Boidae (boas) > member of genus Constrictor jiboya1613 boiguacu1774 boa constrictor1809 camoudie1825 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 842 [Brazil] Of Snakes without venome, he numbereth the Giboya, some of which are twentie foote long, and will swallow a Deere whole. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage [Brazil] 839 Iaboya. 1648 G. Piso De Medicinæ Brasiliensi iii. 41 Boiguacu, sive Iiboya, Serpentium omnium facile maximus.] 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 52 That Monster call'd Jiboya, or the Roebuck-Serpent, which I enquir'd after. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 225 The Great Jiboya of Java and Brasil,..fifty feet long. 1839 Encycl. Brit. XX. 145/1 Boa constrictor, Linn…is met with in Surinam and Brazil, in woody districts... It is..commonly known by the name of Jiboya. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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