单词 | rock serpent |
释义 | > as lemmasrock serpent rock serpent n. now rare any of various snakes that frequent rocky places; esp. a python (cf. rock snake n. 1). ΚΠ 1819 European Mag. & London Rev. Mar. 209/1 The music sunk into the softest sound of the flutes used to charm the rock-serpent and cobra-capella. 1890 Cent. Dict. Rock-serpent, 1. A rock-snake. 2. A venomous serpent of the genus Bungarus. 1940 Folk-lore 51 219 The umpires, Mojo the great black rock serpent, and Niao the bee, had chosen Yongoli the chameleon and Euaki the chimpanzee. 1981 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 28 July The 5-foot-long Indian Rock serpent was gone when the zoo opened Saturday. < as lemmas |
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