| 单词 | pine snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspine snake pine snake n. (a) a large colubrid snake, Pituophis melanoleucus, which is related to the bull snake and found in North American pinewoods; also called gopher snake; (b) U.S. regional the fox snake, Elaphe vulipna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Pituophis (pine-snake) horn-snake1694 bull-snake1784 pine snake1791 pilot snake1842 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 276 The pine or bull snake is very large and inoffensive with respect to mankind. 1895 Outing 26 39/2 A pine snake, bloated and glistening, wriggles across the road. 1958 R. Conant Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians U.S. 157 Fox Snake..A Serpent with many aliases—a ‘timber snake’ in Ohio and parts of Michigan, a ‘pine snake’ in Wisconsin and adjacent states, [etc.]. 1995 C. Mattison Encycl. Snakes vii. 152/3 The rare Louisiana pine snake, Pituophis m. ruthveni, lays two to four exceptionally large eggs. < as lemmas |
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