| 单词 | chicken snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschicken snake chicken snake n. U.S. any of several non-venomous, North American colubrid snakes, esp. rat snakes of the genus Pantherophis, which can feed on chickens and their eggs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Elaphe (rat-snake) chicken snake1698 Aesculapian1763 house snake1807 rat snake1818 pilot snake1854 fox-snake1857 1698 W. Salmon Ars Chirurgica iv. xvii. 859/1 Our Common Vulgar Snake is without danger, tho' it bites never so deeply: and the biting of the Chicken-snake, or long black Snake of Carolina, is also safe. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (1792) 271 The chicken snake is a large, strong and swift serpent... They are apt to disturb hen roosts and prey upon chickens. 1868 F. Boyle Ride across Continent II. 285 The boba or chicken-snake..rarely attains a greater length than twelve feet. 1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse ix. 407 I challenged him to name his eleven serpents, and without hesitation he said, ‘Black snake.., bull snake, chicken snake, garter snake, [etc.]’. < as lemmas |
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