any water snake thought to resemble an adder; esp. any colubrid water snake of the Old World genus Natrix or the New World genus Nerodia.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > aquatic (9) water addereOE any water snake thought to resemble an adder; esp. any colubrid water snake of the Old World genus Natrix or the New World genus Nerodia. rinatrixa1398 A kind of water snake (not identified) formerly believed to poison water. water snake1527 Any snake that which is found in or near fresh water; esp. any of numerous harmless, aquatic colubrid snakes, many of which were formerly placed in… water serpent1530 A sea serpent or other mythical aquatic creature. Formerly also: a water snake or sea snake. Cf. Hydrus, n. 1. sea-adder1601 A sea-serpent. Obsolete. hydra1608 A water-snake; esp. one of the venomous sea-snakes of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. sea-serpent1672 Any ophidian inhabiting the sea; esp. any of the venomous snakes of the order Hydrophidæ, inhabiting the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. water viper1737 the water moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus. sea-snake1827 = sea-serpent, n. 1a. |
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