单词 | pipe snake |
释义 | > as lemmaspipe snake pipe snake n. any of various tropical burrowing snakes with a head that grades imperceptibly into the body: (a) (more fully Asian pipe snake) an Asian snake of the genus Cylindrophis (family Cylindrophiidae or Uropeltidae); esp. C. rufus, which displays bright under-tail coloration when alarmed; (b) (more fully coral pipe snake) a South American snake, Anilius scytale (family Aniliidae), with bold red and black stripes. ΚΠ 1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes vii. 179 This type of head-mimicry is practised, for example, by the pipe snake, Cylindrophis rufus. 1971 J. Stidworthy Snakes of World 42 Anilidae. Another small family of burrowing snakes includes the false coral snake and the pipe snakes. 1986 A. F. Gotch Reptiles 123 Asian pipe snake Cylindrophis rufus... Southern India, Sri Lanka, the Burma-Vietnam area and Malaysia. 1986 T. R. Halliday & K. Adler Encycl. Reptiles & Amphibians 119/1 The Coral pipesnake of the Amazon Basin is ringed with red and black, like the coral snakes of that region. 1997 New Scientist 19 Apr. 45/1 Obscure groups, such as the blindsnakes, pipesnakes and filesnakes..generate just as much wonder as the boas, pythons and cobras. < as lemmas |
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