请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 legless lizard
释义

> as lemmas

legless lizard
legless lizard n. any lizard that lacks legs (or has vestigial legs), giving it a snake-like or worm-like appearance; esp. a member of the Australasian family Pygopodidae or the American family Anniellidae.
ΚΠ
1855 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 327 The Blind-worm is not a snake, as generally supposed, but a legless lizard of the Skink family.
1930 G. Poteet in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 126 The ‘glass snake’ is actually a legless lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis ).
2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 298/1 Infraorder Anguimorpha includes Glass lizards and Alligator lizards (Anguidae), Legless lizards (Annelidae [sic]), Rock lizards (Xenosauridae), [etc.].
extracted from leglessadj.adv.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/4 19:59:06