| 单词 | mapepire zanana |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmapepire zanana mapepire zanana n. (also mapepire zannana) [ < mapepire n. + French Creole zanana pineapple (from the resemblance of the snake's raised scales to pineapple skin) < French des ananas some pineapples (see ananas n.)] the bushmaster, Lachesis muta. ΚΠ 1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad App. 444 The scales [have] on each a prominence, giving it the appearance of a pine-apple eye; hence its local name of ‘Mapepire Ananas’. 1894 Jrnl. Field Naturalists' Club (Trinidad) June 41 There, on yonder rising ground, cautiously dragging his heavy body about in the shade,..the deadly Mapepire z'annana. 1968 K. S. La Fortune Legend of T-Marie xviii. 81 One woman said she saw a Mapapire Zannana (one of Trinidad's most dangerous snakes) crawled [sic] across the foot of the altar. 1980 F. Hercules On leaving Paradise 73 I am face to face with Brother Death himself... Brother Death, otherwise known as the Mapepire Zanana, Mister Bushmaster himself, the Most High Lord of all. < as lemmas |
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