单词 | ring-necked snake |
释义 | > as lemmasring-necked snake ring-necked snake n. †(a) the European grass snake, Natrix natrix (obsolete); (b) the North American ring-neck snake, Diadophis punctatus; cf. ring snake n. at ring n.1 Compounds 2b. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 283 One only [is found] in Britain, the common Ring-necked Snake (C. natrix and Natrix torquatus). 1882 Trans. Linn. Soc. N.Y. 1 123 A specimen of the Ring-necked Snake was found dead on June 12, 1880. 1948 Nature Mag. Apr. 171/2 If a female slimy salamander is attacked by a ring-necked snake as she guards her eggs, she will exude a sticky slime from her skin. 1971 J. Stidworthy Snakes of World 79 The Western Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis amabilis) is one of three species of ring-necked snakes to be found in North America. 1995 C. Mattison Encycl. Snakes 102/3 Western populations of ring-necked snakes, Diadophis punctatus, eat snakes among other prey. < as lemmas |
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