| 单词 | rough-backed caiman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough-backed caiman rough-backed caiman n. the smooth-fronted caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus, a small alligator found in the Amazon basin. ΚΠ 1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. 190/2 Rough-backed caiman..Alligator (Caiman, Gray) trigonatus, from tropical America. 1919 W. T. Hornaday Amer. Nat. Hist. (rev. ed.) xxxvi. 322/1 The Rough-Backed Caiman, of the Upper Amazon, is said to be quite small—only six feet in length. 1982 Jrnl. Paleontol. 56 504/2 This scutellation is reminiscent of that of the so-called Rough-backed Caiman, P. trigonatus, where bony platelets virtually surround the entire body. < as lemmas |
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