| 单词 | hoop-snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmashoop-snake hoop-snake n. a non-venomous American snake, Farancia abacura, popularly believed to roll like a hoop; = horn-snake n. (b) at horn n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > farancia abacura (hoop-snake) horn-snake1694 wampum snake1737 horned snake1775 hoop-snake1784 1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. I. 265 From the above circumstance, peculiar to themselves, they have also derived the appellation of hoop snakes. 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 380/2 I never believed in the existence of hoop-snakes neither, until I went out into the western country. 1937 A. H. Verrill Strange Reptiles ii. 7 Thousands of otherwise intelligent and educated persons believe in the mythical ‘hoop snake’ which is supposed to take its tail in its mouth and roll like a hoop with incredible speed. 1956 C. H. Pope Reptile World 156 Tens of thousands of country people see hoop snakes rolling about like hoops, but these snakes quickly stop rolling and crawl when a herpetologist looms in sight. < as lemmas |
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