macajueln.

Brit.

/ˈmakəwɛl/, U.S.

/ˈmækəˌwɛl/, Caribbean English /ˈmakawɛl/

Forms: 1800s macaurel, 1800s mackawel, 1800s mahajuel, 1800s– macajuel, 1900s– macaquel, 1900s– machauel.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish macaurel.

Etymology: < South American Spanish macaurel kind of venomous snake (J. Gumilla 1741), kind of boa (A. Codazzi 1841, or earlier) < a South American Indian language of Venezuela.In the early 19th cent. the English word (in the form macaurel) is also occasionally used to denote a venomous snake; compare the following, ultimately based on J. Gumilla El Orinoco ilustrado y defendido (1741):1802 R. Kerr tr. J. Gumilla in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Oviparous Quadrupeds & Serpents IV. 318 Its [sc. the coral serpent's] venom is equally virulent in all, and there is no serpent, except the macaurel [Fr. la Couleuvre Macaurel, Sp. las culebras macaureles], whose bite is more dangerous.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad, Tobago, and Guyana).

A boa constrictor.

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1838 E. L. Joseph Warner Arundell III. vi. 90 I found that an enormous mackawel, or boa-constrictor, of about twenty-five feet in length, had caught the poor beast in its fold.

1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 127 The Macajuel, whenever irritated, inflates its body, and then loudly emits a foetid and sickening breath, which produces a sensation of faintness.

1871 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 15 Apr. 3/3 The true boa, which is here called the Macajuel, is striped as well as spotted.

1949 Daily Gleaner (Kingston) 2 Dec. 9/4 With an abundance of macajuel and bushmasters in the forest, businessmen now see the possibility of making leather from snake skins for export to the United States.

2014 M. Williams New Beginning (e-book, accessed 9 July 2020) 138 He was certain that a huge snake—the feared reptile in the forest—a macajuel, was approaching and that very shortly he would be swallowed.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macajuel
释义	macajueln. Brit. /ˈmakəwɛl/, U.S. /ˈmækəˌwɛl/, Caribbean English /ˈmakawɛl/ Forms: 1800s macaurel, 1800s mackawel, 1800s mahajuel, 1800s– macajuel, 1900s– macaquel, 1900s– machauel. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish macaurel. Etymology: < South American Spanish macaurel kind of venomous snake (J. Gumilla 1741), kind of boa (A. Codazzi 1841, or earlier) < a South American Indian language of Venezuela.In the early 19th cent. the English word (in the form macaurel) is also occasionally used to denote a venomous snake; compare the following, ultimately based on J. Gumilla El Orinoco ilustrado y defendido (1741):1802 R. Kerr tr. J. Gumilla in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Oviparous Quadrupeds & Serpents IV. 318 Its [sc. the coral serpent's] venom is equally virulent in all, and there is no serpent, except the macaurel [Fr. la Couleuvre Macaurel, Sp. las culebras macaureles], whose bite is more dangerous. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad, Tobago, and Guyana). A boa constrictor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Pythonidae > member of (python) dragonc1220 rock snake1796 boa constrictor1809 pythona1825 macajuel1838 pythonine1890 pythonid1895 1838 E. L. Joseph Warner Arundell III. vi. 90 I found that an enormous mackawel, or boa-constrictor, of about twenty-five feet in length, had caught the poor beast in its fold. 1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 127 The Macajuel, whenever irritated, inflates its body, and then loudly emits a foetid and sickening breath, which produces a sensation of faintness. 1871 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 15 Apr. 3/3 The true boa, which is here called the Macajuel, is striped as well as spotted. 1949 Daily Gleaner (Kingston) 2 Dec. 9/4 With an abundance of macajuel and bushmasters in the forest, businessmen now see the possibility of making leather from snake skins for export to the United States. 2014 M. Williams New Beginning (e-book, accessed 9 July 2020) 138 He was certain that a huge snake—the feared reptile in the forest—a macajuel, was approaching and that very shortly he would be swallowed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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