| 单词 | mole snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmole snake mole snake n. either of two brownish non-venomous colubrid snakes that burrow underground or inhabit abandoned burrows: (a) Pseudaspis cana, a large snake of southern and eastern Africa; (b) U.S. a prairie kingsnake of the subspecies Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of grey snake1703 garter-snake1775 boomslang1793 scarlet snake1842 blunt head1869 tiger-snake1869 house snake1870 ground-snake1885 lycodont1887 mole snake1893 sling-snake1895 file snake1912 mussurana1914 1893 J. Noble Illustr. Official Handbk. Cape & S. Afr. 84 The Colubrinæ include the large and abundant ‘black’ or ‘mole’ snake. 1911 East London Daily Disp. (S. Afr.) 1 Sept. 7 When alarmed the mole snake is very pugnacious. 1958 R. Conant Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians U.S. 167 The Prairie Kingsnake and the Mole Snake are marked with brown or reddish-brown blotches. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xiii. 220 Sometimes we see a long, graceful, chinless snake in the veld, with a dark muscular body shining as if carefully polished. This is the mole snake and is harmless to man, killing its prey by constriction. 1994 R. Bauchot Snakes 136/1 Gradated vegetal formations in southern Africa shelter the mole snake (Pseudaspis cana), which is terrestrial and has burrowing tendencies. < as lemmas |
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