| 释义 |
ammodyte Zool.|ˈæmədaɪt|
[ad. L. ammodytes, a. Gr. ἀµµοδύτης a sand-burrower; f. ἄµµος sand + δύτης diver, f. δύ-ειν to dive.]
†1. A venomous snake, the Sand-Natter, a species of Viper found in Southern Europe. Obs.
1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 763 By the same means that the poyson of the Viper, the Ammodyte and Horned-serpent is cured withal. 1627May Lucan ix. 822 Sand-colour'd Ammodytes, the horned snakes. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. 131 The Surinam serpent, which some improperly call the ammodytes.
2. The Sand-eel, Ammodytes of modern zoologists.
1698Sibbald in Phil. Trans. XX. 266 The Women that catched the Sand Eels (Ammodites). 1748Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 225 (Jod.) Ammodytes, the sandeel, or grig. 1847Carpenter Zool. §577 The Ammodytes or Launces are remarkable for their habit of burrowing in the sand. |