mussuranan.

Brit.

/mʊsəˈrɑːnə/, U.S.

/musəˈrɑnə/

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese muçurana.

Etymology: < Portuguese muçurana (1913; 1587 in sense ‘rope for binding prisoners’; the transferred sense probably arises from the fact that the mussurana immobilizes its prey by winding its coils around it) < Tupi moçu'rana mussurana < moçu kind of eel-like fish + rana resembling.

A large black colubrid snake of tropical America, Clelia clelia, which feeds on other snakes, being immune to their venom.

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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

1914 T. Roosevelt Through Brazilian Wilderness i. 14 The most formidable enemy of the many dangerous Brazilian snakes is a non-poisonous, entirely harmless, rather uncommon Brazilian snake, the mussurana.

1934 Discovery July 207/2 A cannibal snake, known in Brazil as the Mussurana..though harmless to men and animals, lives entirely on other snakes to whose venom it is immune.

1964 G. Vevers tr. Z. Vogel Reptiles & Amphibians xiii. 162 The Mussurana, Clelia clelia,..reaches a length of 7½ ft., is typically a metallic black, although the young are pale, and it lives on the ground.

1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 23 Jan. 6/4 The Mussurana, or snake-eater, feeds on deadly snakes, particularly the lethal Fer-de-lance.

1994 R. Bauchot Snakes 15/2 The mussurana (Clelia clelia), which is black as an adult, has a red body and a black head in its youth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mussurana
释义	mussuranan. Brit. /mʊsəˈrɑːnə/, U.S. /musəˈrɑnə/ Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese muçurana. Etymology: < Portuguese muçurana (1913; 1587 in sense ‘rope for binding prisoners’; the transferred sense probably arises from the fact that the mussurana immobilizes its prey by winding its coils around it) < Tupi moçu'rana mussurana < moçu kind of eel-like fish + rana resembling. A large black colubrid snake of tropical America, Clelia clelia, which feeds on other snakes, being immune to their venom. 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 1914 T. Roosevelt Through Brazilian Wilderness i. 14 The most formidable enemy of the many dangerous Brazilian snakes is a non-poisonous, entirely harmless, rather uncommon Brazilian snake, the mussurana. 1934 Discovery July 207/2 A cannibal snake, known in Brazil as the Mussurana..though harmless to men and animals, lives entirely on other snakes to whose venom it is immune. 1964 G. Vevers tr. Z. Vogel Reptiles & Amphibians xiii. 162 The Mussurana, Clelia clelia,..reaches a length of 7½ ft., is typically a metallic black, although the young are pale, and it lives on the ground. 1970 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 23 Jan. 6/4 The Mussurana, or snake-eater, feeds on deadly snakes, particularly the lethal Fer-de-lance. 1994 R. Bauchot Snakes 15/2 The mussurana (Clelia clelia), which is black as an adult, has a red body and a black head in its youth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914
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