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单词 flying snake
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Definition of flying snake in English:

flying snake

noun
  • A greenish semi-arboreal SE Asian snake that can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent.

    Chrysopelea ornata, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fully grown flying snakes vary in length from 1 to 1.75 m.
    • There are five species of flying snakes, all of the genus Chrysopelea.
    • Like most other snakes, a flying snake is roughly circular in cross section.
    • Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads.
    • Like more familiar gliders, such as flying squirrels, flying snakes are not actually able to fly upward.
 
 

Definition of flying snake in US English:

flying snake

noun
  • A greenish semiarboreal Southeast Asian snake that can glide down from a tree in a stiff horizontal position, with the belly hollowed to slow its descent.

    Chrysopelea ornata, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Join us each day for stories about serpents, from flying snakes to Vietnamese cobras and North American copperheads.
    • Like most other snakes, a flying snake is roughly circular in cross section.
    • There are five species of flying snakes, all of the genus Chrysopelea.
    • Fully grown flying snakes vary in length from 1 to 1.75 m.
    • Like more familiar gliders, such as flying squirrels, flying snakes are not actually able to fly upward.
 
 
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