| 单词 | rainbow snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrainbow snake rainbow snake n. (a) either of two non-venomous colubrid snakes of the American genus Farancia; esp. F. erytrogramma, a large glossy, striped snake frequenting swamps and streams in the south-eastern United States; (b) Australian = rainbow serpent n. ΚΠ 1899 R. L. Ditmars in N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Feb. 10/3 The star of this collection is the ‘rainbow snake’, a native of Florida. 1949 Times–Picayune (New Orleans) 23 Oct. (Mag.) 2/2 (caption) Mrs. Rainbow Snake laid herself a passel of nice white eggs. 1963 E. Worrell Reptiles of Austral. p. x In most North Australian aboriginal tribes the seed of a child is said to enter the womb of the mother when she bathes in a pool inhabited by the Rainbow Snake, creator of all life. 1995 C. Mattison Encycl. Snakes 133/1 This behaviour..is also seen in the American mud and rainbow snakes, Farancia abacura and F. erytrogramma. < as lemmas |
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