| 单词 | thunder-snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthunder-snake thunder-snake n. a name for snakes of the genus Ophibolus (also thunder-and-lightning snake), and for the common little worm-snake, Carphiophis amœna, of the U.S.; perhaps from their being forced out of their holes by a thunder-shower. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Ophibolus kingsnake1709 thunder-snake1800 milk snake1826 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Carphophis (worm-snake) thunder-snake1800 ground-snake1885 worm-snake1885 1800 C. Lamb Let. 16 Oct. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 241 Whip snakes, Thunder snakes, Pig nose snakes. 1863 T. W. Higginson Army Life (1870) 140 A thunder~snake, eight feet long. < as lemmas |
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