| 单词 | glass-snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglass-snake glass-snake n. (a) a large limbless lizard, Ophiosaurus ventralis, with a very brittle tail, common in the southern U.S.; (b) a lizard of the genus Pseudopus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > member of genus Ophiosaurus (glass-snake) snakec1000 chain-snake1737 glass-snake1737 joint-snake1796 sheltopusik1841 ophiosaurian1882 ophisaur1890 1737 Dr. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 258 Cæcilia maculata: The Glass-Snake. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 221 The glass snake..A small blow with a stick will separate the body, not only at the place struck, but at two or three other places, the muscles being articulated in a singular manner, quite through to the vertebra. 1884–5 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 434 Pseudopus gracilis, the Khasya glass-snake..inhabiting the Khasya Hills of India. < as lemmas |
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