| 单词 | prairie snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie snake prairie snake n. any of various colubrid snakes of the North American prairies; esp. a bull snake (genus Pituophis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of > member of genus Masticophis whip-snake1774 switch-snake1791 racer1818 coach-whip1827 prairie snake1832 1832 New-England Mag. Mar. 211 You may call it pine snake, prairie snake, or bull snake, as you please. Some say it is excellent eating. 1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Prairie snake, a large harmless American snake (Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. 1957 Ecology 38 213/1 Three species of prairie snakes are not restricted to sand but occur in grassland relicts well to the east of the main segments of their respective ranges. 1994 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 7 June 1 d The hognose snake. This prairie snake is strange-looking, with a pointed, upturned snout. < as lemmas |
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