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egg-eater
egg-eater n. South African a snake of the genus Dasypeltis, capable of crushing eggs with internal projections from its vertebrae.
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1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 194/2 A..genus of snakes, Dasypeltis... In Cape Colony these snakes are well known under the name of ‘eyer-vreter’, i.e. ‘egg-eaters’.
1911 East London Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) 1 Sept. 7 The Egg-eater lives almost entirely on eggs, which it eats in a curious fashion.
1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles I. iv. 183 An egg-eater is able to demolish all the eggs of a clutch in rapid succession.
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