单词 | egg-eater |
释义 | > as lemmasegg-eater egg-eater n. South African a snake of the genus Dasypeltis, capable of crushing eggs with internal projections from its vertebrae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Dasypeltis (egg-eater) dasypeltis1887 egg-eater1887 egg-eating snake1897 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. < as lemmas |
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