单词 | ranivorous |
释义 | ranivorousadj. rare. Of an animal, esp. a bird: that feeds on frogs. Also humorously of a French person. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating flesh > eating reptiles ophiophagous1650 ranivorous1801 batrachophagous1825 reptilivorous1852 serpentivorous1882 1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. (margin) 35 Ranivorous F[alcon]. 1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 504 Frenchmen..were not the ranivorous and capering creatures they supposed. 1940 L. E. C. Hughes & C. F. Tweney Chambers's Techn. Dict. 702/1 Ranivorous (Zool.), feeding on frogs. 1996 Re: M813 in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Mar. Our ranivorous Continental chums. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1801 |
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